The Geography of Buying a MINI

With MINI dealers only located in the largest cities around the US there are many of us out there that are having to travel far and wide to find a dealer. This...

New Getrag Gearbox for the Cooper in 2005

This news comes from the industry publication Automotive Engineer Magazine: Midland Gear, the BMW-owned firm that supplies the R65 gearbox for the MINI ONE and MINI Cooper, is to be wound up...

The MINI Scores in Car & Driver Superfour Challenge

From Car & Driver.com: Since 2001, we've hosted an annual two-day competition for modified production cars. The event involved a day of driving on public streets and a day at the track....

Wired Magazine Compares Apples to MINIs

Wired Magazine has an interested article which discusses why some companies are just destined for success and hit products: To change an industry once is impressive. To do it as many times...

MINIUSA/MCO Trademark Update

Since this issue has gotten so much attention over the past week or so I thought I'd post this update from Mark at MINI Cooper Online: TechTV interview – we did this...

Repairing Your Own Foglight

Sean Bartnik has an interesting story on his site about doing self repair on the MINI's front foglights. The damage was unfortunately caused by a run-in with a cat that didn't fare...

The MINI vs the C230 Sports Coupe

I just got back from a Mercedes “C Spot Drive” event where invited participants get to check out the entire range of C Class offerings from the C230 Sports Coupe to the...

MINIUSA Responds to the MCO Legal Situation

On behalf of MINI USA, thank you for your comments regarding this issue, and we are sorry to hear of your concerns. With reference to our trademark protection, we have no wish...