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.
Almost a year ago we reported that MINI was busy finalizing plans to launch an unprecedented 2nd facelift for its core small car range (the F56 family including the F55 four door...
Two thousand and twenty was a year that MINI USA sales were to slowly rebuild with a refreshed product range a simplified ordering process and lower pricing. Unfortunately a complete shutdown to...
Harry Metcalf is a legend. The founder of the famed British auto magazine EVO, he’s now retried to his farm where he tinkers with cars and records videos. Lots of them. In...
How do you connect with your customers and create events in a COVID world? MINI has an answer: MEET@MINI. The program is a series of virtual events around three themes – Live...
Today we revisit our review of the 2019 JCW Countryman we ran for 12 month. A manual with all wheel drive, it was a rare beast in today’s automotive world. But what...
Today Apple finally announced the iPhone digital key at its worldwide developer conference and its first partner is BMW. The key works just how you would expect, by replacing the need for...
It was tantalizingly close yet not to be. In 2012 MINI was hard and work finalizing the JCW GP Coupe. Based on the excellent F56 JCW GP, the Coupe version promised greater...
Rumors have swirled for years around MINI’s next generation hatch. We’ve heard everything from it going all electric to it getting smaller and more driver focused. Thanks to Autocar’s recent interview with...
MINI is about to get bigger. For the last several years we’ve heard from our sources that MINI is planning an even larger crossover positioned above the Countryman. Now thanks to a...
Big news from MINI USA Today with the announcement of 2021 MINI Pricing and Equipment updates. Among the changes are lower prices across the board, the return of the manual (in some...
