Exclusive: F56 MINI Cooper S Uses Active Sound to Enhance Engine Noise
A few years ago I rode shotgun in a R55 Clubman and then a BMW 630d with a BMW engineer as he demonstrated something they called “Active Sound”. In the 630d the...
MINI Commercial: Chain Reaction
With MINI’s international roll-out comes more video. Check out this latest F56 commercial.
Behind the Concept: The Next MINI Clubman Revealed
It likely won’t surprise you to know that the MINI Clubman concept that debuted in Geneva is really not a concept at all. But the similarity between the concept and the final...
World Debut: 2014 F56 MINI Accessories (Full Gallery)
MINI has released the first images of it’s F56 accessory line-up. As expected MINI is focusing on the simpler items out of the gate, stickers, mirror caps, matts and a couple of...
Exclusive: 2014 F56 MINI Official US MPG Figures
Next week the EPA will officially release final MPG figures on the 2014 F56 MINI manual and preliminary ones for automatic models. As we could see with MINI’s estimated figures back in...
XCar Drives and Reviews the F56 Cooper S
XCar, a UK based video review program found solely on Youtube had a chance to drive the new F56 Cooper S manual – something we have yet to do. Results seem positive...
The F56 MINI UK Launch Gallery
The F56 is officially growing on us. We will be the first to admit the extended front overhang was disappointing to see when we first laid eyes on the car back in...
Rumor: MINI May Axe Coupe, Roadster and Paceman in F-generation
MINI and BMW executives keep dropping more and more indicators that several current MINI models don’t have a future in this new generation of cars. This latest round of revelations came via...
World Premier: The F56 MINI One & One D
When MINI was launched in 2001 it went to to market with two models – the One and the Cooper. A year later (coinciding with the US market launch) the Cooper S...
Official: F56 MINI Production to Expand to Netherlands Plant VDL Nedcar
This should come to no surprise to MotoringFile readers, as we reported on this some months back, but the official word is out. Additional MINI production will be taken on at VDL...