MINI Coupe & Roadster Spoiler Etiquette
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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...
MINI Roadster Wins 2012 GOOD DESIGN Award
It's been said both here and on <a href="http://www.whiteroofradio.com">White Roof Radio</a> that the MINI Roadster is our pick for the best looking "new" MINI to date. We think it's a triumph of reinterpreting the MINI design language into something that is both unique in the MINI lineup and uniquely "MINI." Turns out we're not alone in that assessment.
MotoringFile’s Favorite Reviews of 2012
2012 was a busy year for MINI and MotoringFile. The Coupe and Roadster were brought to market, the GP and Paceman made their debuts, and the Countryman continued to sell well. So...