
MINI’s Vision of the Future is Coming Next Week
Earlier this year the BMW Group embarked on a year long celebration of the BMW brand’s hundredth year in existence. To celebrate the occasion they produced a stunning and thought provoking concept...
MotoringFile’s MINI concept cars section explores the design studies, prototypes, and vision vehicles that previewed MINI’s future. These concepts reveal how MINI experiments with form, technology, and brand direction before production models arrive.

Earlier this year the BMW Group embarked on a year long celebration of the BMW brand’s hundredth year in existence. To celebrate the occasion they produced a stunning and thought provoking concept...

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...

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...

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...

[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...

Car Magazine, one of the more authoritative sources these days on all things BMW has a new report out that neatly sums up the current rumor mill around MINI’s small car plans...

For over five years we’ve reported (and reported and reported) on MINI’s internal desires to produce a smaller car than the R53, R56 and especially F56. In 2011 MINI gave us a...

Last week we [asked](https://www.motoringfile.com/2015/01/16/mf-poll-rocketman-or-superleggera/) MotoringFile readers which of the Rocketman or the Superleggera they would rather have MINI produce. Since both concepts present so much appeal, answering this question was no easy...

With the FXX generation, one of MINI’s goals is to build a more focused lineup. While we could debate for endless hours the meaning of the word “focus” in the five super-hero...

No MINI concept has ever motivated so many thumbs to upward than the Superleggera. However MINI is struggling with approving the car according to Autocar. Given its new strategy of less niche...