New Cell Phone Ban takes affect in WA & CA

Washington and California joined the ranks of about 30 other states yesterday banning the use of cellular phones while driving. The new laws are almost identical in both states, with California having...

MINI Wins Vehicle Security Award in the UK

MINI UK Press Release: MINI has won the City Car/Supermini category of this year’s highly influential British Insurance Car Security Awards – yet another accolade for MINI’s trophy cabinet. Awarded on the...

Mini MINIs

For the kid in all of us, ThinkGeek is now selling thumb-sized R/C MINI Coopers. >With the current fuel crisis forcing people into smaller and smaller vehicles and spelling impending doom for...

Friday Video Fun: Launching a Mini

In celebration of Top Gear returning June 22nd, let’s re-live one of the finer moments from past seasons. Like this fine example when Jeremy, James and Richard strap some skiis and rockets...

J.D. Power 2008 Initial Quality Study

J.D. Power has released their IQS for 2008 and the results for MINI aren’t good. Out of 9 categories ranging from all aspects of design to overall quality, MINI scored 2 out...

Cars.com: Iconic Cars

Here is a brand new comparison we haven’t seen before. Cars.com pit the MINI Cooper Clubman against the new Scion xB and the Smart ForTwo. The results were interesting. Did the Clubman...

Lifeball MINI going up for Auction

MINI Press Release Munich/Vienna. Videos whirred and cameras clicked on Saturday, 17 May, when Joseph Corre drove the Life Ball MINI 2008 over the red carpet outside Vienna’s City Hall in front...

Autoblog Garage: ’08 Clubman

Autoblog.com recently posted one of the most glowing reviews of a Clubman I’ve seen. And, it was just a Clubman, not an S. A very favorable review. >The mini door is especially...

A Review You Can Watch

Big thanks to MF Reader Ralph for bringing this to our attention. The PBS show MotorWeek will be reviewing the 2008 MINI Clubman on an upcoming episode. Have that Tivo remote handy?...