MINI to Create Crossover?
We’re not sure how much to believe but Autocar is reporting that BMW is considering adding a “softroad” version of the MINI sometime during the next generation’s lifespan. Now it’s worth mentioning...
Motortrend Covers the Next MINI
The US auto magazine Motortrend joins the next generation MINI party with a load of info (and a photo) that seems vaguely familiar. To be fair, the magazine does manage to do...
MINI Manufacturing Videos
Last year MINI launched a website that gave visitors from around world a chance to see MINI production in action. While the site was a valiant effort to bring the state of...
Autoweek Reports on the Next MINI
While it should simply be high-level recap for MotoringFile readers, Autoweek has an article out today with info on what we’ll be seeing in the next generation MINI including info on the...
Edmunds on the New MINI Iterations
Edmund’s Inside the Line website recently posted the obligatory Clubman MINI article. Nothing in the way of new info but it is a nice recap for those that might have missed the...
Rover is Officially Over
The former owner and manufacturer of the MINI is no more. Here’s the latest from Autocar: At 10.52am today, Friday 15 April, it was all over for MG Rover. That was when...
BMW to Intro Diesels In the US, MINI Next?
No word on if the next generation MINI Diesel will come over but at the very least diesel fans have something to be hopeful about (from Autoweek): “It’s not a question of...
The MINI Concepts of the 1990's
With all the current talk of Rover’s pending collapse I thought I’d take some time and look back at the early days of the current MINI back when it was as much...
Despite Rover's Fall UK Automakers Shine
From UK Newspaper The Independent: So is MG Rover’s collapse the final nail in the coffin of car manufacturing in Britain? Not at all. MG Rover’s problems may reflect difficulties with British-owned,...
Mosaic MINIs
From Autoweek.nl (translated from Dutch): Mini has been working together with Bisazza (an Italian design brand) and presents four Mini’s that have been dressed up with mozaiks. The four Mini’s premiere on...