2025 Rewind: Looking Back at MINI’s History of Concept Cars
Join us over the next week as we look back at some of the biggest stories of our year – starting with the past imagining the future. One of the subjects that...
the Secret MINI Superleggera Prototype and How It Almost Went Into Production
When the MINI Superleggera Vision debuted at Villa d’Este in 2014, it looked almost too perfect to be real — a minimalist, hand-formed sculpture that captured MINI’s spirit while stripping away every...
Top 5 MINI Concepts That Should Have Made Production
After chronicling every MINI concept from the past three decades, one question kept surfacing in our inbox (and frankly, in our own heads): which ones should have been built? So we went...
The Complete History of MINI Concept Cars (1995–Present)
MINI has never been a brand afraid to dream. Since its rebirth under BMW in the 1990s, MINI’s concept vehicles have served as blue-sky sketches, near-production previews, and occasional love letters to...
The Electric MINI Superleggera & How MINI Almost Built It’s Most Stunning Concept Ever
For MINI fans the recently released book BMW by Design has a number of fascinating stories. But the one that particularly stands out is the story of the electric MINI Superleggera concept....
A Look Back at the Most Beautiful MINI Ever: MINI Superleggera Concept
Today we’re looking back at the car that almost was – the MINI Superleggera Concept. Reportedly approved and then ultimately cancelled, the Superleggera succeeded in ushering in a new era of design...
How the MINI Superleggera Concept Kick-Started a New Era At MINI
According to super-sleuth Georg Kacher (who usually gets things mostly correct) the BMW board approved the MINI Superleggera for production in 2018 three years ago. However instead of celebrating the impending release...
MINI Sedan? It’s Officially on the Table
A MINI a with a trunk? It could be coming according to Peter Schwarzenbauer, BMW board member in charge of MINI. At the recent convertible launch Mr. Schwarzenbauer was surprisingly candid with...
Revisited: The MINI Superleggera Roadster
According to super-sleuth Georg Kacher (who usually gets things mostly correct) the BMW board approved the MINI Superleggera for production in 2018 earlier this year. However that was quickly followed up with...
MINI Making the Case for Superleggera Production
This week, [Autocar](http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bold-mini-superleggera-concept-could-still-make-production) decided  there’s still hope that the Superleggera will enter production. While enthusiasts probably begin to grow frustrated by these rumors, Autocar’s take is based on an actual conversation with...
What’s Next After the Coupe and Roadster Are Gone?
[MINI confirmed](https://www.motoringfile.com/2015/02/13/the-coupe-and-the-roadster-turn-into-the-final-straight/) earlier this month that the R58 Coupe and R59 Roadster will end their production run in the coming months. The question that came to mind when the news broke was...