MINI Designer Frank Stephenson Profiled

The Car Connection has an informative profile on Frank Stephenson, designer of the current MINI. Mr. Stephenson is currently the head of Ferrari/Maserati design and fresh off the introduction of the Ferrari...

Autoweek's Take on the Cooper Convertible

An excerpt from the Autoweek driver's log: I had a lot of exposure to our long-term hardtop Cooper S with more power and stiffer suspension, so I was pleasantly surprised by this...

A Rally Era Comes to an End

This new comes via Crash.net (Global Motorsport): An era of world motorsport will come to an end this weekend, as the Mini Cooper makes its final appearance in the World Rally Championship...

MINIUSA Configurator Updated

Remember that Limited Slip and MCS Automatic we told you about last May? Well those options and all of the other 1/05 additions have finally made it to the MINIUSA configurator. You...

Automobile Mag's MCS Long Term Test

Automobile Magazine's December issue has a four-season wrap-up of it's long-term MINI Cooper S. The staffers at Automobile found much to like about the car, paying particular respects to the handling. The...

More Info on the All-Wheel Drive MINI

We've got some new information plus a couple photos (all via Auto Bilde) of the infamous Getrag All-Wheel Drive MINI. Here's an excerpt from the original article (translated poorly from German to...

The Two Faced MINI

Excerpt from Jalopnik.com: Seemingly ageless customizer, George Barris, designed this two-faced, extended Mini (Maxi?) Cooper, which will be the subject of an upcoming Discovery Channel special. [Jalopnik.com] You can see a photo...

New Bluetooth Integration and Armrest

MINI will be releasing a new bluetooth system with armrest at the end of Q1 '05. The system is listed as only working with three phones: the SonyEricsson T610(6), and the Siemens...