The MINI DCT is Coming to All MINI Models
Earlier today German BMW site Bimmertoday published a report that coraborated something we’ve been saying since 2016. MINI is getting a DCT (dual clutch) and it’s coming in the 2018 model year....
Our New Long Term Test Car Has Arrived – the 2017 JCW Clubman
After a longer than expected wait our 2017 JCW Clubman has made it into our hands. This new 228 hp JCW replaces our well used and (dare we say it) rather beloved...
[Update – BMWNA and BMWCCA Respond] Some New MINIs to be Banned from Track Days
[Update 04.11.17] Due to this story BMW of North America and the BMW CCA have provided an update to MotoringFile that should help to both clarify these rules and provide a sigh...
Is This MINI’s Dual Clutch Transmission?
A dual clutch transmission MINI is coming and this is likely what it’ll look like. According to sources the image that recently snuck out via internal BMW documents is a good look...
MINI USA Announces Recall for MINI Clubman Due to Brake Light Malfunction
MINI USA has just announced internally that they will be recalling approximately 16,900 model year 2016-2017 MINI Clubman (produced from Start-of- Production (October 2015) through March 2017. The issue involved brake lamps...
MINI Countryman vs Clubman – Sizing Them Up
The official MotoringFile review of the highly anticipated F60 Countryman is a few days away. Until then we wanted to bring you a look at the new crossover in comparison with another...
MotoringFile’s Long Term Test Car for 2017 is…
Drum roll please…. for 2017 MotoringFile will be testing a new MINI. Not just any MINI but what we’d consider one of the brand’s halo vehicles: The JCW Clubman. Like our long...
MINI’s New Touchscreen Navigation is a Huge Upgrade
It’s good guys. It’s really good. That’s the reaction we had when we first played with the new touchscreen navigation last fall at the LA Autoshow. Now that we’ve had a bit...
MF Garage: 12,000 Miles in a MINI Clubman Has Given Us Some Ideas
While we have a month to go in our one year test of our 2016 MINI Clubman Cooper S, the car has officially turned one year old. Part of the US market...
Ask MF: MINI Countryman or the BMW X1?
Long time reader Paul R. is trying to make a decision between two UKL based crossovers – the BMW X1 and the forthcoming Mini Countryman. What’s particularly interesting about these two is...