MotoringFile MINI reviews deliver detailed first drives, long term tests, and real world impressions across the MINI range. Our MINI reviews focus on how each car drives, lives, and performs beyond the spec sheet.
These two are variations on a theme. 306 hp four door performance MINIs with all wheel drive and highly effective 8 speed automatics. Yet they couldn’t be further part philosophically. The JCW...
It’s been a minute since I’ve been in a manual Cooper S. Years of 306 hp JCW Clubman, Countryman and the GP have warped me a bit. Yes I’ve been spending some...
The 10,000 mile mark is an important one in owning a car. You’re well past any honeymoon period and well on your way in understanding what it’s like to live with. Longterm...
Our first 2022 MINI video is here and it gives us the best view yet of the revised small MINI range. This second LCI is an aggressive and modern evolution for the...
Recently we wrote about the secret JCW GP Coupe project that was shelved almost ten years ago. That story then inspired a longtime reader to create an homage to a car that...
While the recently revised 2021 Countryman has garnered a lot of attention on these pages, we haven’t looked too close at the range topping JCW yet. Luckily our brand new 2021 JCW...
The 2020 JCW GP is unlike any other MINI ever made. It is the most inherently flawed MINI we’ve ever driven with torque steer that demands the driver wrestle the wheel as...
The BMW 1M Vs The JCW Clubman; the comparison everyone was waiting for. Wait, what the hell? Yeah, we figured why not. They both live in our garage; but, surprisingly there are...
Like many of you I am not an expert on radar, laser and the science behind detectors. However I have owned various radar detectors since I was 18 (thanks dad) and have...
When we picked-up our 2020 JCW Clubman the only glaring option left of it’s sticker were those glorious 19” JCW wheels. Because our car was within the first month of production, they...