MINI Paul Smith Edition Spotted – First Real-World Photos
The MINI Paul Smith Edition has finally done the most important thing a design-led MINI can do. It has left the studio and joined everyday life. Spotted roaming the streets of Germany,...
MINI EV Sales Top 100,000 Units in 2025, Reaching 30% of Global Sales
Globally, MINI delivered 105,535 fully electric vehicles, an 87.9 percent increase year over year. For the first time in the brand’s history, electric models accounted for more than 30 percent of total MINI sales, pushing...
Did the MINI Cooper Go Too Far With Fabric Interiors?
One of MINI most controversial additions to the Cooper in its 2024 redesign was the fabric dash and door trim. So much so that, when we wrote about the upcoming 2028 MINI...
Global MINI Sales Surge in 2025 as EV Share Grows
MINI closed 2025 with one of its strongest global performances in years, signaling that the brand’s reset is not just a North American story. Worldwide, MINI delivered 288,290 vehicles, an increase of 17.7 percent...
How BMW Almost Killed The Combustion MINI Cooper
MINI, and BMW more broadly, have been smarter than most automakers in their expansion into electric vehicles. Yes, there have been missteps. But the key to their enviable position today is a...
How MINI Changed Its EV Strategy and What It Means for the Brand’s Future
In 2021, MINI made one of the boldest commitments of any legacy automaker, announcing it would become fully electric by 2030. Four short years later, those plans and the models that were...
2025 Rewind – The Radical Deus Ex Machina MINI Concepts
How Deus Ex Machina and MINI Produced MINI’s Most Acclaimed Concepts in Over a Decade Earlier this year MINI quietly did something it has not managed in a long time. It debuted...
Driven: The Electric MINI Cooper JCW J01 vs Petrol F66 JCW
For a North America based site like MotoringFile, time behind the wheel of the new J01 electric MINI Cooper has been frustratingly limited. And until recently, the electric JCW variant had remained...
MINI’s Recycled Knit Interior is Now Award Winning Despite Early Criticism
MINI’s interior material strategy has just received one of the highest validations possible from the industry. The brand’s knitted interior textile has been named the overall winner of the SPE Automotive Award...
MINI’s Digital Subscriptions Explained: What You Actually Get and If They’re Worth Paying For
Over the last few years, MINI has quietly transformed how features are delivered, activated, and paid for. What once came bundled at purchase is now increasingly handled through software, digital services, and...