MotoringFile Design Analysis: The MINI Electric Concept
This is not the all electric MINI E we expect to hit showrooms in late 2019. What you’re looking at above took the MINI exterior design team only six months to dream...
Official: BMW Hires a New Head of MINI Design
And it’s not Frank Stephenson. The new head of MINI Design will be Oliver Heilmer who has been leading the California base BMW Designworks as of late. Oliver has been part of...
Rumor: Frank Stephenson is Returning to Lead MINI Design
Frank Stephenson is rumored to be returning to lead MINI Design. Those are words many MotoringFile readers have longed to read ever since Stephenson left MINI in 2001 for Maserati and Ferrari....
2018 MINI Refresh Looks to be Less Visual Than Expected
We’ve been reporting on the upcoming 2018 MINI refresh for well over a year but until now we’ve seen no visual evidence of it. Today that changes. The website Motor1 has a...
Video: The MINI Vision of the Future is Here and it Looks Futuristic
These concepts aren’t new (MINI’s was released last June) but in many ways this is our best look at the ideas behind them. Autonomous driving, car sharing, extreme luxury and the joy...
MINI Design Chief Anders Warming is Leaving
Head of Design Anders Warming has left MINI. Anders took over from Gert Hildebrand (who led MINI Design from 2001 to 2011) with enormous enthusiasm and a new direction best seen in...
World Premier: The Rugged MINI Clubman All4 Scrambler Concept is a Show Stopper
MINI of Italy has created a gorgeous concept based on the Clubman All4 that takes inspiration from BMW’s own R nineT Scrambler. And it happens to be absolutely gorgeous with plenty of...
BMW Just Brought Out a 20 Year Old MINI Concept at Concorso d’Eleganza?
The BMW Group is celebrating the BMW brand’s 100th anniversary this week at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’esme by bringing out noteworthy concept cars from the last 20 years. For the MINI...
MINI UK Releases Value Priced MINI Clubman One D
Official Release: Following the successful UK market launch of the MINI Clubman in October 2015, and the recent announcement of the MINI Clubman ALL4, MINI UK is adding a new model to...
BMW & MINI Win iF GOOD Design Awards
Official release. The outstanding quality of design achieved by the BMW Group is setting new standards, as an array of design prizes have highlighted. In the iF design award 2016, for example...