Washer Fluid and Orange Lights

This is from an internal MINI UK bulletin and it may just be the most underrated change of the past year: The washer bottle capacity will increase on all models by 0.4...

Contacting and Contributing to MotoringFile

We get a ton of email daily at MotoringFile with Matt handling technical questions while I try to tackle the rest. And as you can expect much of what we get we...

MF Mailbag: Where's the MINI/iPod Adapter?

In this edition of the MotoringFile Mailbag we tackle the question, where is the official iPod adapter for the MINI: Question: I have not heard anything lately about the perpetually delayed MINI/iPod...

Ask a Motoring Advisor is Back!

MotoringFile is happy to announce a new edition of Ask a Motoring Advisor. In this edition we'll be using the expertise of Aleks from Hassel MINI in Freeeport, NY. As before Aleks...

Day Six with the MCS Convertible

The MINI Convertible suffers one major downside that is common to most open top cars – a huge blind spot. It's so bad that my lane change turn signal starts about 5...

Official MINI Armrest Delayed?

For undetermined reasons MINI has delayed the official introduction of the new armrest until 2/05 production. Here's a bit of an explanation from an internal MINI UK release: Due to a problem...

Chili Pack Changes

For those of you where the Chili Pack is offered as an option you can expect some changes for 2005. Here is the official bulletin from MINI: The standard wheels within the...

The Return of the Rear Fog Light

And the news just keeps coming from MINIUSA: As many of you may know, the position of the rear fog light on the 05 MINIs was determined to be illegal in CA...

MINIUSA Pricing on the Cooper S Auto

More information from MINIUSA that some have been waiting for awhile to hear: The long awaited Cooper S gearbox is here! It is a SIX-SPEED automatic with Steptronic paddle shifters. The transmission...

Web-Spoke Alloy Wheel

Here's the official word from MINIUSA on the new Web-Spoke 17″ alloy wheel: This new wheel is our two-piece, top-of-the-line-wheel, made for Cooper S customers who want the sportiest offerings possible. As...