One Lap of America MINI Entry

Follow the trials and tribulations of a couple of MINI owners as they make plans to run this years lap of America: Myself and fellow MINI owner Jack07734 are looking to field...

Astro Black Photos

As predicted Astro Black (a new color for the MINI in 2005) is a metallic black that has some deep blue in it. Alinnes was kinda enough to share some photos of...

Upcoming Reviews at MotoringFile

We've got a couple upcoming reviews at MotoringFile that may be of some interest. First off we'll be getting our hands on the iPod/BMW adapter tomorrow. While the review will be of...

Cars That Say You've Arrived

The Car Connection has released a list of cars that “Say You've Arrived” on their site and sure enough, the MINI is represented: …if you own one of these cars, other drivers...

Next MINI to Get More Flexible

More news on the next MINI iteration – this time from Autoweek: Now into its fourth year, the new Mini has far exceeded BMW's expectations and strained capacity at BMW's factory here...

MINIUSA Adds Robot Configurator

Still no word on an exact date to expect the actual 2005 configurator though. Incidentally you can read more on the delay here: 2005 MINI Configurator Delayed. Now go confirgure your robot:Cooper...

Hyper Blue MCS Cabrio Photos

These pics come from a very gratified owner of one of the first MCS Convertibles delivered: Here are some pics in high resolution. MotoringFile was very helpful for me e.g. finding the...

The 2005 MINI Cupholder

Looks like the MINI-Fini cupholder is on its way out and the new MINI-designed unit that we reported on last April is in for 2005. This news comes from a MINIUSA via...

Aisin to Supply MCS Auto Transmission?

According to some sources at the MINI plant (via MINI2) Aisin will be the supplier of the 2005 MINI Cooper S automatic transmission. You can read the discussion here. It looks like...

The First 100,000 Mile MINI?

It would appear that Doug Forlong, proud owner of a '02 MCS, is the first MINI (or at least the first MCS) owner to break the 100,000 miles mark. You can read...