Future MINIs to Become Both Smaller and Larger
Future MINIs will both grow smaller and larger. Reacting to the needs of the global market MINI boss Brendan Korber told Autocar today that the brand will “grow in some aspects” and...
Here’s How MINI Brand Will Become All Electric in 10 Years
This past week Autoexpress ran an “exclusive” story about the MINI brand becoming all electric by 2030. However if you’ve been reading MotoringFile you’ll know this is been stated for awhile by...
Could BMW Kill the MINI 3 Door Hatch?
Could BMW kill the iconic MINI 3 door hatch? The one that is based on the very origins of the brand? Sources are telling us that there are some within BMW that...
BMW May Build Eelctric MINI Outside the UK
According to the Automotive News, BMW is considering basing production of MINI’s upcoming electric car outside of the U.K. due to Brexit. Due to uncertainty around trade agreements between the U.K. and...
VW’s New Electric Small Car Concept May Accelerate Electric MINI Production
Over the years we’ve reported on MINI’s flirtation with all an electric car. The MINI E remains the only full electric vehicle released by the brand but that was a small production...
BMW Sees Hydrogen as the Future – Not Hybrids
Two years ago I shared a ride to the airport with a senior BMW engineer responsible for advanced drivetrains like the new wave of BMW and MINI plugin hybrids (like the forthcoming...
BMW is Working in an All Electric MINI
BMW is working on an all electric MINI model according to Peter Schwarzenbauer, BMW board member in charge of the MINI brand. We’ve heard rumors for over a year now that MINI...
Would You Want a Self Parking MINI?
We’ve read about the feature and seen photos of it in action on BimmerFile. Now we get to see the 2016 7 Series do the seemingly impossible with its self parking function....
MINI’s 2020 Technology Revealed in the 2016 BMW 7 Series
If MINI and BMW follow protocol much of the technology we see in the 2016 G01/G02 7 Series should make its way to the 4th generation (2020) MINI. What is it and...
BMW Working to Bring Laser Lights to the US
The US DOT’s 50 year old regulation of headlights is getting in the way of innovation. That’s what BMWNA told us recently when asked why we won’t have laser lighting as an...