The Italian Job Coaster Reviewed
The Italian Job Coaster at Paramount Kings Island can’t claim to be the fastest coaster out there. Nor can it be called the tallest or scariest. However, what it can lay a...
MINIUSA Autocrossing
As part of the Paramount Italian Job Coaster press event in Cincinnati last Thursday, MINIUSA gave a few select journalists (including Mark Ferguson from North American Motoring, and myself) an opportunity to...
The Italian Job Coaster
We’ll have a first hand account of the ride in a few days. In the meantime, here’s the official MINIUSA release: MINI is once again the star in a Hollywood spectacular that...
Review: The Motoring Book
Why in the world would you need a book on your MINI? With MotoringFile, NAM, and MINI2 out there offering information on every facet of the MINI experience, you’d think that the...
Car & Driver Reviews the MCS Convertible
Here’s an excerpt: There is a handful of cars that look very different from anything else on the road. They attract attention mostly for their snappy styling. Volkswagen’s New Beetle comes to...
MCSa Reviewed by Evo
Here’s an excerpt: This may sound like a tautology, but if you like Minis and you like automatics then you’ll like the Mini Cooper S Auto. Let me explain. For most people,...
2005 MINI Cooper Reviewed
Having owned a MINI Cooper for the last three years I often found myself rolling my eyes at such terms as “the lowly Cooper” or “the base model”. And as someone who...
MINI Rear Saddle Bag Reviewed
After reading MotoringFile’s review of the Cargo Storage Case I thought it would be a good idea to submit a review of MINI’s Rear Saddlebag. The saddlebag adds three storage compartments to...
JCW Sport Brake Kit Review
After upping the performance of my 2005 MCS (19% Pulley/GIAC/JCW Injectors/JCW CAI/Milltek Exhaust) and installing the JCW Suspension Kit (along with an ALTA 22mm rear sway bar), I was finding that I...
A Detailed Account of the MINI Plant Tour
Since we’ve just covered how to go about getting a spot on a MINI plant tour I thought I’d repost my account of the actual tour (originally posted 04/04): The MINI Plant...