Initial Clubman Review and Photos
While the official press Clubman launch isn’t for a few days we’ve got a couple of sneak peaks at what it’s like to drive the car and how it looks up close....
Car Magazine on MINI’s Start/Stop System
Car magazine from the UK (perhaps our favorite auto mag out there) takes an in-depth look at MINI’s new “start/stop” system that debuts on the 2008 MINI (everywhere but North America). Here’s...
Custody Battle over MINI
You just can’t make this stuff up. From The Sunday Mail. >IT is the most bizarre love split Scotland has ever seen – two respectable business bosses fighting a fierce custody battle…...
The Dragon Shut-Down?
It looks like the state of Tennessee is putting the clamps down on the best road in North America and one of our favorite places to motor in the world. The state...
MSNBC Wants Pics of your MINI
Well really all they’re asking for is photos of your “tricked out ride”. But lets see if we can’t flood their inboxes with photos of MINIs. [ Send us photos of your...
Paddy’s Mini may make £100k at Auction
From the Belfast Telegraph. Get those check books ready! >An Ulsterman’s famous Circuit of Ireland rally-winning Mini could race into the record books at auction later this month. >The car once driven...
The Clubman Caught in the Wild
This comes from MF reader and Mixed MINI Club member Hein: >Yesterday I was in the harbour of Zeebrugge in Belgium, and saw 30 Clubman in a parking lot. They will be...
Audi Planning a MINI Killer?
We’ve talked about this before and now it looks official; Audi is set to release the A1 in mid-2010 after it’s European debut sometime in 2009. Here’s an excerpt from the latest...
MINI UK: “Clubdoor” Not Ideal for UK
While it’s probably not news for MotoringFile readers, a MINI representative in the UK publicly admitted for the first time that the location of the driver-side door in the UK market may...
Autoweek Drives the Cooper S Auto
While they don’t have all the facts straight (Only the previous Cooper came with the CVT, not the MCS) they do have some opinions on the new auto-box: >The Mini’s automatic is...