MINI’s 3 Cylinder Engine Previewed
Last fall BMW trotted out a modified 1 Series hatch to a few select European journalists not to preview a car but an engine. Under the hood was the B38 3 Cylinder...
MINI and BMW to Dramatically Expand Model Ranges
This post is also featured over on our sister site, BimmerFile.com. In various interviews over the past few months, BMW executives have hinted at grand plans for the UKL platform. Reported by...
Meet the N37; The F56 MINI’s Three Cylinder Engine
This week BMW brought the curtain up on the new family of three cylinder engines and the new front wheel drive BMW. Both are incredibly informative to us in understanding MINI’s future...
Auto Start/Stop Coming to US MINIs
According to sources inside MINI familiar with future product features, the US market will finally see an auto start/stop system for both manual and automatic transmissions. The first version of auto start/stop...
Next Generation MINI Part 2: A Revolution in Infotainment & Navigation
A month ago we walked you through what we knew (and what we could tell you) about the next generation MINI’s interior. Called “a huge step forward” by sources familiar with the...
BMW to Produce Future 3 Cylinder Engines for MINI at Hams Hall in the UK
Today at the SMMT 2012 International Automotive Summit at Canary Wharf, London, Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing BMW, announced that the new generation...
Rumor: Next Generation MINIs to Offer 8 or 9 Speed Auto
Ever since the six speed Aisin automatic was introduced in the Cooper for the 2005 model year, MINI fans have been waiting for something better. We can now confirm that something better...
Next Generation MINI Timeline & Details Revealed
As those who listened to yesterday’s MF podcast yesterday found out, BMW doesn’t intent on releasing the 3rd generation MINI until well into 2013. Unlike the R50 and R53, BMW is planning...
MF Podast Special Report: Next Generation MINI
[audio:http://www.bimmerfile.com/podcast/mf_podcast_F56.mp3] Subscribe | Download (10 MB MP3) Something funny happened after Michael and I finished our last podcast for BimmerFile. We started talking MINIs. And as we’re prone to do, we quickly...
The Future of the MINI Convertible
The current MINI convertible was introduced in early 2009 just after the Clubman. Immediately it was a sales success quickly surpassing the R52 1st generation convertible in both favorable reviews and sales....