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....

MINI at the 2005 Detroit Autoshow

While this should all be old news to the dedicated MotoringFile reader, here's a sneak peak and what we'll be seeing from MINI at the North American International Autoshow (from MINIUSA PR):...

Failed rear window on MINI Convertible

We were recently sent this picture from a MINI Convertible owner in England – hopefully this is not going to be a common problem for the MINI Convertible, especially since this MINI2...