MINIUSA Introduces the 2005 MCS JCW kit

Today MINIUSA is officially introducing the 2005 207hp JCW kit for the Cooper S. Dealers should be receiving the kits in the coming days and we hope to have some first impressions...

2005 MINI Owners Manual PDF Released

After an extra long wait the 2005 MINI owners manual (US version) is finally available at the Owners Lounge as a downloadable PDF. You can also download it in our “files” section...

Day One with the MCS Convertible

MINIUSA has loaned us a Cool Blue Cooper S convertible for evaluation purposes and we'll passing along our thoughts on the car daily. At the end of our week these reviews will...

The MINI Grabs Another Top 10

The MINI Convertible has been named one of the top ten hippest vehicles for 2005 by the New York Times. Here's an excerpt of the article: What's cuter than a Mini? A...

MINI Voluntary Emissions Recall

MINIUSA has issued a recall campaign to update tank leakage diagnostic software. Here's an excerpt of the letter some 02-04 MINI owners are currently receiving: MINIUSA has determined that certain 2002, 2003...

Getrag Tests All-Wheel Drive MINI

AutoWeek.nl (a dutch publication) has the scoop on an all-wheel drive MINI that Getrag (the company the supplies manual transmissions for MINI) has developed for future study. While the prototype was created...

AutoBilde on the Next Generation MINI

AutoBilde, a popular German automotive publication, has an interesting article on what we might be seeing with the next generation MINI. Here's an excerpt (loosely translated from the original German article): BMW/MINI...

MF Mailbag: What Size Tires/Wheels are best?

The MotoringFile Mailbag is a new feature where we pick one of the many email questions that we get weekly and first, answer them to the best of our abilities, and then,...

Silverstone, a MINI and Montoya at Your Side

Mark Anstead of the Sunday London times gets a MINI driving lesson from current BMW/Williams F1 driver (and soon to be with McLaren/Mercedes) Juan Pablo Montoya at the famous F1 track Silverstone....