The Independent Drives the 2007 MCS

The Independant drives the 2007 MCS and comes away rather impressed with both the engineering and the performance of the car. Here’s an excerpt: >Crash-test regulations, especially for pedestrian impact, are the...

Car and Driver Review the GP

A Short Take Road Test of our favorite red-mirrored MINI. >The Mini GP—let’s call it that, it’s much less of a mouthful—is the highest-performing Mini for sale, with a revised Eaton blower,...

MINI Almost out of Ones

For those of you in markets where the One is available this may be of interest (from Whatcar): >It turns out, however, that the U.K. will soon feel our pain as the...

MINI Design Chief Talks about the R56

GoAuto spent some time with Gert Hildebrand on the 2007 MINI and how the MINI design team went about creating the follow-up to the R50. It’s a fantastic article for anyone interested...

Truth About Cars Drives the 2006 MCS

TheTruthAboutCars.com’s Jonny Lieberman took a current 2006 MINI Cooper S out for a quick spin around the block, in preparation for a comparison against the ’07 model: >Other than sipping cheap wine...

The London Times on the 2007 MCS

Unlike the many reviews we’ll be seeing over the next few days and weeks, it would seem the Times didn’t actually drive the car. However it’s a good starting point for those...

NYT: Can MINI Stay up to Speed?

The New York Times reports on the new MINI and all the challenges that come with it. Here’s an excerpt: >Can the Mini Cooper keep its buzz going for a second generation?...

MINI and Minnie

Nashville, TN: The North American MINI Cooper Championship is pleased to announce that The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation has been selected as the “official” charity of the growing series. “We are very...

Six Years Ago this Week…

With the 2007 R56 MINI making it’s public debut this week at the Paris Motorshow, we thought it was appropriate to re-run a story that was first published on the site a...

Fifth Gear Tests GP vs RC

Fifth Gear (otherwise known as the other UK car show) pits the GP against a super fast RC car. Sent in my MF Reader Jahpaul