MotoringFile was born out of a love for all things MINI. Technically started in January 2003 with our first post announcing that MINI had just won car of the year. But in reality it started way before. I grew up with a love for all things automotive. That fascination was particularly influenced by my dad’s BMW 2002tii and my love for all things British.
Here’s the MINI Urbanaut video you’ve been waiting for. We saw that because reactions to the Urbanaut have ranged from curiosity to outright bewilderment. This video (hosted by Head of MINI Design...
Your eyes don’t deceive you. This is indeed MINI’s highly anticipated concept car intended to point towards the future of the brand. So why is there a plant in it? And why...
The MINI Urbanaut is a real life car. That’s hard to believe at first because all of the both the way it’s designed and how few official photos there are of the...
Unbeknownst to most MINI fans, MINI owns and runs a start-up accelerator located in Brooklyn New York called Urban-X. The incubator’s purpose is to educate, invest in and advocate for startups shaping...
The all electric JCW GP is coming. Two weeks ago we gave you the world’s first look at MINI’s electric halo. Now BMW has accidentally revealed a few glimpses of it in...
In about an hour a nice man will drop off a grey MINI in our driveway. Thunder grey. The JCW GP represents the pinnacle of the brand in many ways. But what...
Last year a British company called Swind released it’s own full classic Mini electric. This year the same company is releasing a crate “motor” and kit that will transform any classic Mini...
BMW is seeing dramatically improved market conditions worldwide driven by increasing demand. The result is a € 2.5 billion BMW profit in the third quarter and free cash flow in excess of € 3 billion...
When I first hit the go pedal in the all electric MINI Cooper SE I immediately got it. I got what all those MINI engineers had been quietly telling me for well...
What you’re looking at are the first photos of the electric JCW GP as it begins testing for possible production. The shocking photos show a GP based prototype with several tell-tale signs...