Drive a MINI for a Loonie

For about a dollar you can rent and MINI Cooper, MINI Cooper Clubman or a Smart car in Toronto. What’s the catch? The cars are covered with ads. >CityFlitz, Toronto’s newest auto-sharing...

Hamann Tuning kit For R55/R56 Cooper S

Hamann has released tuning and bodykits for the R55/R56 Cooper S and Cooper D. It’s not a huge departure from their previous kits but they’re worth checking out. + Tuner Special: Hamann...

BMW 128i vs Clubman S

Now this is new. Edmunds has decided to pit the newest BMW against the newest MINI Cooper. >Season the Mini with a few options and it costs about the same as the...

Inside Line Reviews the Clubman

Edmunds Inside Line had the Clubman S Auto to test and they did some very interesting things with it that we will be sharing later. Of course they reviewed it. Glowing review...

Businessweek Reviews the Clubman

“Fast, fun and hard to find” That was Business Week’s conclusion after testing the 2008 Clubman. Here’s an excerpt: >Is it worth the wait? In a word, yes. There’s no other model...

The MINI Clubman Rickshaw

In order to celebrate the 2008 Olympics, something was needed that not only conveyed the essence of MINI, but which was distinctly Chinese, moreover, distinctly Beijing. Of course, in order to catch...

Clubman vs. Go-Kart

Those crazy kids over at Webridestv.com have decided to see if the MINI Clubman _actually_ handles like a go-cart by taking it to a local indoor kart track and racing it against...

The Clubman as a Family Car

It used to be that an R50 (with CVT no less) fit the bill. >But that’s when my family was younger and smaller. The kids were 4 and 2, so the miniature...

America’s Favorite Cars

CNN Money, as they like to do, has compiled another list of cars. This time based on JD Powers surveys taken within the first 90 days of ownership of a car. >Buyers...