Car & Driver’s Long Term MINI Woes
Wow did Car & Driver have a lemon of a MINI as a long termer. That was our first thought in reading the one year (and 28,000 mile) wrap up. Dissecting the...
Chris Harris Shows Off Top Gear’s New Reasonably Priced Car – the MINI Cooper
Good news! Everyone’s favorite Youtube automotive star Chris Harris has been drafted by Top Gear to co-host a program called “Extra Gear”. Never mind that the idea of an extra year seems...
Are MINI’s Special Editions Not Special Enough?
The special edition MINI Seven was unveiled yesterday and the Internet seems ablaze with opinions. Jalopnik is doing their click-bait thing and calling it a deperste hipster malarkey while others are wondering...
World Premier: The MINI Seven Special Edition
Today MINI has taken the wraps off of its first special edition car of the new generation. Available in both the F56 hatch and F55 four door, the MINI Seven combines exterior...
Limited Edition MINI JCW Challenge Takes Shape
Last month we told you about a track day special edition MINI being created by MINI UK. EVO Magazine has been granted exclusive access to the development of MINI’s latest limited edition...
MINI JCW Team Gears up for Laguna Seca
The big news for this weekend’s race is IMSA’s approval (finally) for the team to use the stock sized JCW brakes. Until now the car has been hamstrung by the standard Cooper...
This is What it’s Like to Drive a MINI Challenge Race Car
As part of its track car of the year testing Evo magazine tested a new F56 based MINI JCW Challenge race car. The Challenge car was up against some serious metal with...
BMWs Receive Poor Headlight Ratings – What it Means for MINI
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (the IIHS) has completed its first ever rating of automotive headlights. While MINI was absent from this first test, two BMWs (representing several different lighting systems)...
Breaking: MINI to Introduce Track Focused JCW Model
This is so close to April fools day it’s almost hard to believe. According to Evo Magazine MINI will build a track-focused version of its latest F56 JCW model to be badged...
Can MINI Grow Its Brand Without Losing Its Fans?
This is the question many of us have been asking for years now. But now with the UKL platform, that change might be upon us. We’ve had this debate on Whiteroofradio several...