R59 Roadster Archives - MotoringFile

Apr 21, 15Apr 21, 15

The Last R59 MINI Roadsters Are Being Made As We Speak

Sources at the plant have confirmed that today will mark the end of production for the MINI Roadster (R59). The last batch of six will go down the line throughout the day...

The Last Day to Order the MINI Coupe & Roadster Just Weeks Away

What’s Next After the Coupe and Roadster Are Gone?

Official: MINI Coupe and Roadster to End Production This Year

BMW and MINI Engines Earn Engine of the Year Awards

Jun 25, 14

Official Release: Two class wins in this year’s competition have boosted the BMW Group’s cache of titles acquired in the prestigious International Engine of the Year Award. The two latest accolades go...

2015 MINI Model Year Changes: Exterior

May 30, 14May 30, 14

While MINI has introduced an entirely new car in the F56, there are still a handful of models on the older and not necessarily out of date RXX platform. In order to...

Chinese Company Launches Aftermarket Navigation System for the MINI

Apr 29, 14Apr 29, 14

The words Chinese and aftermarket don’t conjure up positive thoughts typically. And while we’re still not sure if what we see above is a quality piece of software and hardware engineering, it’s...

Exclusive: All R5X Models to Get Halo LED Foglights for 2015

Apr 16, 14

According to MINI US product managers, all current R5X MINI models will get the same LED fog lights that debuted this week on the Countryman. Furthermore the Paceman will also receive all...

MotoringFile’s Longterm JCW Roadster For Sale

Apr 14, 14Apr 19, 24

When our long term cars test cars go back to MINI they get washed, waxed, refurbished and sold to a new owner. And during this process we lose track of where the...

MF Garage: Top Down in Dixie

Jan 6, 14Apr 19, 24

There’s blood, and then there’s your brother from another mother. Sometimes, the other mother gets remarried in Tennessee and when that happens, you go to a wedding. That’s what had me and...

MINI Coupe & Roadster Spoiler Etiquette

Aug 29, 13Aug 29, 13

This weekend I took a few photos of our longterm MINI Roadster parked on the side of the road and posted one on Twitter. Top down and spoiler up. Natural right? In...

MF Garage: Open Top Showdown. Roadster vs. Moto

Aug 14, 13Apr 19, 24

It’s no secret that our MotoringFile long-term review car, a MINI JCW Roadster, has won us over to open top motoring. Between the grunt of the turbo, the overall refinement of the...

MF Garage: The JCW Roadster Road-trips North and Into Our Hearts

Jul 10, 13Apr 19, 24

Heading north on Michigan’s famous M22, I realized something about our little JCW Roadster. In all my years of driving all sorts of cars, I can’t remember bonding with a car more...

MINI USA Announces 2014 Pricing

Jun 12, 13Jun 13, 13

2014 Model year pricing is in and things are looking good. In fact the only price increase is to the Paceman and Countryman and there MINI is only raising the price $100....

MF Garage: Is the MINI JCW Roadster the Best Commuter Car Ever?

Apr 23, 13Apr 19, 24

Bold claim for sure. But the recent warm and sunny weather in Chicago has me thinking the JCW Roadster may just represent the best every day car money can buy. Obviously, a...

MF Garage: Our Roadster’s First Spring Road-trip

Apr 15, 13Apr 19, 24

With a quickly packed bag in the trunk and the Valentine 1 mounted on the windshield, the MINI Roadster and its first spring road trip gets underway just as the sun begins...

New MINI App “Connect Us” Creates MINI Centric Dating Service

Apr 1, 13Apr 1, 13

April 1st 2013, Munich. Official Release: Now for something a little more romantic. The latest version of the MINI Connected App is playing cupid to make MINI fans’ dreams of finding the...

MF Garage: The JCW Roadster Tackles Winter

Feb 28, 13Apr 19, 24

When we took possession of our long term JCW Roadster we told you we wanted to find out if the soft-top could indeed be an everyday, all year car. In the sun...