MINI Named World Car Finalist
According to our friends over at Winding Road, MINI has made the cut! >Following up from the quarter-finalists announcement in January, now the 44 international judges that make up the World Car...
FIREBALLED! Joins John Wayne Cancer Institute
Fireballed! Racing Press Release Extreme Tuner, Fireballed! Racing has joined with several high-level charity groups to support Cancer Research and expand Katrina Relief. The John Wayne Cancer Institute, Joy Ride Rally and...
San Jose Mercury News Tests the R56
The San Jose Mercury News Auto section has a review of the 2007 Mini Cooper S in today’s edition: [ Test Drive: 2007 Mini Cooper S ] Mercury News
NYTimes Reviews the 2007 Cooper S
The paper of record gives us their take on the new R56 MINI. Here’s an excerpt: >THERE are three basic ways to drive a Mini Cooper, each pleasurable. >First is to pretend...
Motorweek’s Video Test of the 2007 MINI
While the actual video is based mostly on the official BMW press videos we posted last fall, Motorweek does a good job giving consumers an overview of the car. [ MINI Cooper...
Grassroots Motorsports Tests the 2007 MCS
Grassroots Motorsports is running a fantastic series of articles (aka a blog) on their 2007 Cooper S. The numbers they’ve seen are plenty impressive so far: 174 horsepower, 197 lb.-ft. of torque...
March Madness with MINIs
While don’t condone big-time sports gambling here at MotoringFile, but a little office pool never hurt anyone. And what better reason to get involved (beyond the love for the game) than a...
The Washington Times drives the R56
The first review I have seen that even mentions the interior lighting. >Taking a cue from parent BMW, night illumination is some of the best I’ve experienced. Indirect lighting from the roof...
The NZ MINI Challenge Visits Teretonga Park
Invercargill, NZ, is infamous for being the home of the legendary Bert Munro who set Land Speed records on his 1920 Indian Motorcycle at Bonneville, and was immortalised on the film “The...
AutoExpress Covers the Clubman Debut
As you would expect AE doesn’t have anything vaguely original to say that you haven’t read on MF before. But it’s a nice wrap-up of the event: >Carrying fluorescent, graffiti-style tagging, it...