Meet the N37; The F56 MINI’s Three Cylinder Engine
This week BMW brought the curtain up on the new family of three cylinder engines and the new front wheel drive BMW. Both are incredibly informative to us in understanding MINI’s future...
BMW Releases Front Wheel Drive Concept Hinting at MINI’s Future
BMW may have saved the MINI brand, but for years they struggled to create sustainable and healthy profit from it. More than once it looked like sharing platforms and engines would be...
MINI’s New Three Cylinder Engine Revealed at BMW’s New Innovation Days
Our colleagues at BimmerFile have posted the latest information regarding BMW’s new 3-clyinder engine destined for its upcoming FWD 1-series. We’ll be seeing more and more detail on this car leading up...
The 2014 F56: All You Need to Know About the Next Generation MINI
The 2014 F56 hatch is the first of the next generation MINIs and a precursor to replacements for all future MINIs. While it signals a shift away from unique MINI underpinnings and...
Auto Start/Stop Coming to US MINIs
According to sources inside MINI familiar with future product features, the US market will finally see an auto start/stop system for both manual and automatic transmissions. The first version of auto start/stop...
F56 Switches: Best Photo Yet
More and more details about the upcoming 3rd generation MINI, the F56, are coming to light as spy photographers get better and better shots of prototype cars. Here we have an unobscured...
Rumor: Next Generation MINI to Feature Both Three & Four Cylinder Engines
The secret has been out for years now that MINI and BMW will be introducing a new family if 1.5L three cylinder engines destined for small front wheel drive cars. But would...
Next Generation MINI Part 2: A Revolution in Infotainment & Navigation
A month ago we walked you through what we knew (and what we could tell you) about the next generation MINI’s interior. Called “a huge step forward” by sources familiar with the...
Next Generation MINI Tachometer & Speedometer Seen for the First Time
Last month we gave you the first details of the next generation MINI’s interior with the big news being the removal of the center speedometer. We told you that the speedo would...
Video: F56 Mule Spotted Testing on the ‘Ring
More and more images of the F56 test mules are popping up around the web every day as MINI gets closer and closer to the final production version of the car. The...