Fortune Reviews the Countryman All4
Fortune’s Alex Taylor III brings us this review of the MINI Countryman. He begins with a history lesson about the Honda Accord, which grew almost three feet in length from its original...
Video: CNET Reviews the Countryman All4
Two reviews from CNET today. One in video form (above) from Brian Cooley, and the other in long form written editorial from Wayne Cunningham. Neither were particularly charmed by the R60’s interior...
Evo Reviews the Cooper SD
We don’t get the brilliant MINI diesel engines here in the colonies, but what do the europeans think of them? One of our favorite automotive magazines, Evo, did a quick rundown on...
MINI Supports Don’t Text and Drive Campaign
The BMW Group campaign of DON’T TXT & DRIVE took a local turn last week when MINI USA presented the Woodcliff Lake, NJ Police Department with a specially emblazoned MINI Cooper hartop....
MINI Dead Last in J.D. Power “Dependability” Study
Well, it’s that time of year again. That time when J.D. Power gives MINI a terrible “dependability” rating. This year MINI didn’t simply score low in the study, but came in at...
MINI of New Zealand Creates “The Carmonica”
The clever kiwis at MINI of NZ and DraftFCB Advertising have stuck 330 harmonicas to the exterior of a MINI Clubman, dubbing it “The Carmonica.” All in the key of G, the...
MINI #1 in J.D. Power Rankings of Dealer Service Experience
Moving up from last year’s fifth place finish, MINI sits atop the J.D. Power and Associates’ 2011 Customer Service Index Study in the category of dealer service in the mass market segment....
WSJ: What Part of ‘Mini’ Did You Not Grasp, BMW?
Last week we found a mostly positive review of the Countryman All4 from the NYT. Here we have a very different perspective from Dan Neil across town at The Wall Street Journal....
NYT: Taking MINI to the Max
Today, “all the news that’s fit to print” includes a thoughtful review of the MINI Countryman. Ezra Dyer kicks off with an observation we at MotoringFile know all to well. It’s an...
Aaltonen & Hopkirk Relive Monte Carlo
This video has been on MotoringFile before, but it’s worth reposting in the context of MINI’s epic return to the World Rally Championship. We’ve seen the official S2000 version of the rally...