Let’s Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the New MINI with a Look Back
Twenty years ago this week BMW took the wraps off of the all new MINI at the Paris Motor Show. Two decades and three generations on the original “new” MINI still appeals...
MotoringFile Review: The R50/R53 JCW Leather Dash
This story originally appeared in the April 2006 edition of MotoringFile. Due to a recent post on Instagram we’ve seen a bunch of interest in this long forgotten and highly rare JCW...
Watch Press Coverage of the Original R50 MINI Launch 20 Years Ago
Shockingly it’s been nearly 20 years since the R50 MINI was introduced at the Paris motor show in the fall of 2000. Two decades and three generations on the original “new” MINI...
The Secret MINI Concepts That Could have Changed MINI Forever
How was the modern MINI born? Over the past 15 years MotoringFile has written much about Mini, Rover and BMW in the 1990s. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of that...
Frank Stephenson Shows Us How the Original New MINI Cooper was Designed
The original “new” MINI Cooper was designed over 20 years ago by Frank Stephenson, one of the most revered automotive designers of the last 50 years. But beyond that Frank has also...
Video: Driving a Classic Mini Cooper S to Quail – The World’s Most Exclusive Car Event
While the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance gets all the press during Monterey Speed Week, there’s another event that we’ve come to love even more. The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering (simply known as...
Video: Classic Mini Racing at the Thruxton Mini Miglia
Sometimes what we need in this world is a classic Mini knife-fight around an old British race track. That time is definitely now. Enjoy. Oh you want another angle? Here you go:
Video Review: Electric Classic Mini
What happens when you drop an electric drivetrain into a classic Mini? Apparently nothing less than joy on wheels. The electric classic Mini by Swind is the car and in this video...
Video: Could this be the fastest classic mini ever?
Gildred Racing has a history of taking Honda VTEC engines and dropping them into classic MINIs. Traditionally that means a big performance increase thanks to the 200 hp VTEC four cylinder found...
Our Favorite Drive of the Year Is…
Every year there’s always one car and one drive that stands out. While it’s hard to overlook our time in our new JCW Clubman on the Tail of the Dragon, there’s one...