2nd Gen MINI Cooper | 2006-2014 Archives

May 5, 25May 5, 25

R56 Two-Door Hardtop Rolls Royce Special Edition

When MINI Built a Rolls-Royce – A $52,000 Experiment in MINI Cooper Luxury

What happens when a MINI Cooper S dons a Savile Row suit and shows up to a black-tie gala? In 2011, MINI decided to find out. The result: the MINI Inspired by...

MINI USA’s Pat McKenna (Part 1): BMW Films, Early MINIs & Steve Jobs Feedback on Design

BMW & MINI Show Off Early Electric Prototypes at the Petersen Automotive Museum

BMW CCA Museum is Looking for a Few More MINIs for its MINI Exhibition

BMW CCA Museum to Host Year Long MINI Celebration – And They Need Your MINI

In a celebration of 65 years of the Mini brand, the BMW Car Club of America’s The Ultimate Driving Museum announcing a year long celebration. Titled MINIs To The Max: 65 Years...

Dec 14, 23Dec 17, 23

R55 Clubman | 2009 to 2014 R56 Two-Door Hardtop Recalls/Campaigns

MINI Recall Alert: the R56 MINI Cooper and R55 MINI Clubman

In an expansive move, MINI USA has issued a recall affecting a broad range of vehicles sold or registered in multiple states and jurisdictions across the United States. The recall is intended...

May 31, 23May 31, 23

1st Gen MINIs | 2001-2007 2nd Gen MINI Cooper | 2006-2014 3rd Gen MINI Cooper | 2014-2024 Classic Mini | 1959 - 2000

The MINI Cooper Turns Sixty – A Look Back

MINI is giving us a look back at the history of the MINI Cooper and specifically the sporty side of things. OFFICIAL RELEASE For automotive fans with manual skills, the premises in...

Nov 17, 21Nov 23, 21

2nd Gen MINI Cooper | 2006-2014 F60 Countryman | 2016 - 2024 MINI Diesels R60 Countryman | 2010-2016

Full Story: MINI USA’s Quest For a MINI Diesel in the US & Why it Failed

For years we at MotoringFile wrote about the rumors of MINI USA’s desire to bring the incredibly frugal MINI diesel to the US market. We even confirmed the plans more than once....

Jan 17, 21Jan 18, 21

R58 Coupe Reviews

Revisited: the 2012 JCW Coupe Reviewed

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...

Jan 10, 21Jan 11, 21

JCW GP R58 Coupe

Creating the World’s Only JCW GP Coupe

For those who missed Gabe’s article, The Lost JCW GP: The R58 JCW GP Coupe, about the saga of the GP Coupe, it might help to start by checking it out before...

Nov 13, 20Mar 14, 23

JCW GP R58 Coupe

The Lost JCW GP: the R58 JCW GP Coupe

It was tantalizingly close yet not to be. In 2012 MINI was hard and work finalizing the JCW GP Coupe. Based on the excellent F56 JCW GP, the Coupe version promised greater...

Jun 20, 20Jun 22, 20

F56 Two-Door Hardtop JCW GP Opinion R56 Two-Door Hardtop

R56 JCW GP Revisited: Why it May Still be the Ultimate MINI

While we wait for the MINI GP3 to come in early 2020, we thought we’d revisit the ultimate MINI to date – the R56 JCW GP Six years ago I fell in...

Jan 21, 19Jan 21, 19

F56 Two-Door Hardtop J01 MINI Cooper (Electric) R56 MINI E

Every Electric MINI to Eventually Have Two Variants

BMW’s Chief Development Officer Klaus Fröhlich has a German language interview in a recent AutoGazzette where he openly discusses the future of electric MINI and BMWs. One of the more interesting nuggets...

Nov 27, 18Dec 1, 21

Events MINI Concept Cars R56 MINI E

MINI Electric and JCW GP Concept to be Displayed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

MINI is planning a large display at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The brand is displaying both of its recent concepts – the MINI JCW GP Concept and the MINI Electric Concept....

Jul 3, 18