The Ultimate LA Machine Contest

Designworks USA, BMW Group's in house product design firm, has two entries in this year's LA Auto Show design compeition. This year's theme is, “the Ultimate LA Machine” Based on that theme...

Fun in the Snow

As an ode to the winter storm brewing in Chicago tonight here's a short clip taken by Jason Livingood a couple of years ago during a similar storm that hit the east...

Road & Track Long Term MCS

Road & Track has a quick update on it's long term MCS tester: It's funny that a car just about everyone on staff says is tons of fun gets taken on so...

Gainful Employment

I wanted to take a quick minute and let everyone know my quest for gainful employment has come to an end. I accepted a creative director position a few weeks ago at...

Full 2005 MINI Specifications

In an effort to settle bets between friends and increase everyone's automotive knowledge just a bit, here's the latest technical data on the entire range of 2005 MINIs. From the gear ratios...

Why the S in MCS?

With the recent conversation regarding the next generation MINI going from supercharging to turbocharging there have been some questions about whether the “S” in Cooper S will remain. For those that know...

MotoringFile 2004 in Review

It was a big year here at MotoringFile. For one we went through a name change. Then we went through a complete redesign. And through it all we had ton of stories....