Audi Set to Take on the MINI?
Last week, a few auto news blogs featured reports of a new MINI-killer coming from Audi by 2010. Early reports have been accompanied by photos posted to an AutoWeek forum. However AutoBilde...
MINI Video Friday
Since it’s Friday we thought it would be as good a time as any to post a few links that have made their way to the MotoringFile inbox lately. Now it wouldn’t...
Clarkson on the MCSc
Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame reviews the MCS Convertible in The Sunday Times (UK). Here is a brief excerpt: Beneath the veneer of cool-this and brushed-aluminium-that the hard-top Mini has a...
Chinese Negotiating to Buy The Tritec Factory
A Chinese company is currently trying to buy the Brazilian factory where BMW produces engines for the MINI according to today’s New York Times. For those that may not be aware, the...
MINI’s Brand Ranking Falls
According to the fifth annual Interbrand Reader’s Choice Awards, MINI has dropped from the No.6 global brand in 2004 to No. 22 this past year. Interestingly MINI does not even make the...
Road & Track MINI Owner Survey
Good reading for both the newbies and the oldsters among us. Here’s an excerpt: >Road & Track has been conducting owner surveys for some three decades now, on all manner of cars...
More MINI Competition – The Dodge Hornet
It looks like the MINI’s success has not gone unnoticed at the Chrysler Group. Chrysler’s Dodge division will debut the Dodge Hornet concept car in Geneva and early word is that it...
The MCSc on the World’s Best Road
Few things are more purely exciting than an agile, well mannered car and a fantastic road. Alistair Weaver has a fantastic article for Edmunds.com about both. Here’s an excerpt: The road: >The...
MINI vs Snow
As our friends in the northeast of US dig out of over two feet of freshly fallen snow, we thought it would be a great time to “dig” into the MF archives...
The Mini Desk
The ultimate desk for the MINI enthusiast or just useless kitsch? You decide: [ MINI Statements Car Desk ] chipchick.com (via Autoblog)