Shockingly it’s been nearly 20 years since the R50 MINI was introduced at the Paris motor show in the fall of 2000. Two decades and three generations on the original “new” MINI...
BMW and MINI are dealing with a reality that seemed impossible just a few months ago. Sales have fallen off in historic ways while independent dealers are struggling to even pay bills....
The MINI community and the independent businesses that support it are suffering. Let’s give them a hand. The changing automotive landscape has seen MINI shrink in sales and prominence in key markets...
The 2020 MINI Convertible Sidewalk Edition is a well designed global special edition F57 that’s perfectly suited for this time of year. So to celebrate and perhaps lift some spirits, here’s the...
If the world hand’t taken a detour over the last few months we’d be bringing you our first road and track test of the all new 306 hp MINI JCW GP. However,...
COVID-19 has made MINI make a name change to a key option on the new electric MINI Cooper SE. The optional yet iconic MINI wheel on the Cooper SE was launched as...
The test many of us have been waiting for. Which is faster; the all electric MINI Cooper SE or the petrol powered MINI Cooper? RybrookTV took both to a go-kart track in...
On paper these are two very similar cars. The BMW i3 tested here is has the range extender and isn’t the i3s. The electric MINI Cooper SE of course has the i3s...
How was the modern MINI born? Over the past 15 years MotoringFile has written much about Mini, Rover and BMW in the 1990s. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of that...
The original “new” MINI Cooper was designed over 20 years ago by Frank Stephenson, one of the most revered automotive designers of the last 50 years. But beyond that Frank has also...