See the Original Design Sketches Of the 2022 MINI Refresh
The 2022 MINI refresh is a big one and we’re taking you to its inception. The idea for a 2nd refresh (or LCI) started way back in October of 2017. The decision...
Head Of MINI Design Oliver Heilmer On The New Countryman & MINI’s Future
The all new MINI Countryman is here and as much as it looks like a simple LCI, it actually previews a larger change for the brand. In this interview MINI’s head of...
The Secret MINI Concepts That Could have Changed MINI Forever
How was the modern MINI born? Over the past 15 years MotoringFile has written much about Mini, Rover and BMW in the 1990s. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of that...
Frank Stephenson Shows Us How the Original New MINI Cooper was Designed
The original “new” MINI Cooper was designed over 20 years ago by Frank Stephenson, one of the most revered automotive designers of the last 50 years. But beyond that Frank has also...
MINI Design’s New head of Exterior on the Future of the MINIs
As plans for the 4th generation MINI line-up take place, MINI Design is gearing up. One of the biggest moves is bringing in Thomas Sycha to head all exterior design. Sycha comes...
The MINI Concepts of the 90s – How the Modern MINI was Born
How was the modern MINI born? Over the past 15 years MotoringFile has written much about Mini, Rover and BMW in the 1990s. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of that...
Original MINI Designer Frank Stephenson Interviewed
Autocar recently sat down with Frank Stephenson to talk about his past, current and future projects. But most interesting to us was his stories of how his MINI, perhaps the most beautifully...
Refreshed MINI Wins a Autonis Design Award
Official release: It’s a small car but you just can’t miss it. Expressive visual appeal and an exceptionally large number of customisation options simply turn the MINI 3 door, MINI 5 door...
A Look at the Future of MINI Design
A couple recent articles in Autocar have shed some light on MINI’s design aspirations. But digging a little deeper and looking at an interview we published earlier this year, we can begin...
MINI Designer: MINI Models Don’t Need to be Small Anymore
Cardvice caught up with Florian Nissl (project lead on exteriors at MINI Design) and spoke a bit about MINI’s growing size. The key topic was size and how MINI as a brand...