Charlie Cooper, grandson of the man who first took MINIs racing has decided to follow in his family’s footsteps and the man who invented the Mini Cooper – John Cooper. This video...
Everyone’s favorite German car publication Auto, Motor und Sport, just named the MINI as a winner in its “Best Cars 2019” awards. MINI has now won this award in the import category...
Cars Direct has a great piece on a trend we all new was eventually coming. Automakers are beginning to position the manual transmission as a premium option or worse, limiting it to...
MINI USA sales are down 16.3% for January, off almost 500 vehicles from the same month a year ago. Interestingly the breakdown in models shows the Countryman (mislabeled in the chart below)...
After winning the Championship in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series in 2018, LAP Motorsports is once again taking then MINI JCW Team racing again. With IMSA...
It turns out not a lot. Our JCW Countryman has soldiered through a lot this winter already. But operating at -23F (-31C) is a new trick it. We’ve all seen the spy-shots...
For years and through multiple cars we’ve relied on MINI’s official carpet and rubber floor mats. When possible we’d have two sets – carpet for warmer months and rubber for winter. However...
Autocar recently pitted the MINI Cooper vs Audi A1 and Ford Fiesta in a high-spec small car show-down. On paper things don’t look great for the MINI. Both the Audi and Ford...
In a big move MINI USA today announced that Patrick McKenna will assume the role of Department Head, MINI Product Planning and Consumer Events. In this role McKenna is responsible for the...
Last week we announced the forthcoming 60 Years Edition MINI based on the 2019 F55 and F56. As you’d expect this is a bit more than just a sticker based special edition...