F56 MINI Cooper Special Edition Buying Guide – Why They’re Not All Equal
Pop the bonnet on a MINI JCW GP3 and you’ll find a reinforced subframe, a strut brace where the back seat used to be, and 69 extra horsepower wrung out of the...
MINI’s Suspension Upgrade: How The Cooper Got Smoother Without Losing Its Character
In 2021 MINI made a subtle but important change to the way its suspension is design on all Cooper models. Stung with long-standing critique of ride quality, MINI decided to ditch its...
An Inside Look at How MINI Coopers Are Made at it’s Oxford Plant
The MINI Oxford Plant is the spiritual home of the brand since new MNI production started in 2001. We’ve visited the plant previously in 2004 and found it full of new energy...
Manual Transmission Popularity Spikes in MINIs as it Ends Production
The MINI manual transmission is dead. Well almost dead. With February production, the manual will be forever gone from the MINI line-up. We exclusively reported on its demise early last year and...
MINI USA Sales Up an Impressive 13.5% in 2023
Despite a product portfolio that’s up to ten years old, MINI USA’s sales grew by an impressive 13.5% in 2023 compared to 2022. It’s a result that speaks to the product quality...
An Inside Look at How MINI Coopers Are Made at it’s Oxford Plant
The MINI Oxford Plant is the spiritual home of the brand since new MNI production started in 2001. We’ve visited the plan previously in 2004 and found it full of new energy...
Warning – Production of the 3rd Generation MINI Cooper (and Manuals) is Ending
The 3rd Generation MINI Cooper (known as the F56) is ending production and with it the manual transmission. Replacing it will be the F66, an almost entirely new MINI Cooper that will...
Review: The CravenSpeed Gemini Phone Mount
The world is full of cheap plastic phone mounts that squeeze into a vent or stick on a dash. But one has earned a reputation as the opposite of that. The CravenSpeed...
How to Get One of the Last Manual Transmission MINI Coopers
MINI is Killing the Manual But There’s a Chance to Buy One before They’re Gone for Good. What was once unthinkable has finally happened. MINI has announced that the manual is ending...
MINIUSA Announces Return of More Manual Transmission Models
Coinciding the the launch of its Manual School, MINI USA is announcing the return of more manual transmission models for 2023. On the occasion of the revised models MINI USAhas done some...
MINI USA Changes Packages, Brings Back the Manual and Kills Our Favorite Color for 2023
MINI USA is making some big changes in small ways for is 2023 model line-up. The headline for many of you will be the return of the manual transmission – something we...