MINI Looking to Repeat in Wards Best Engine Competition
Ward’s Best Engine nominees are out and MINI is in the hunt with two engines this year – the JCW 2.0 4 cylinder and the 1.5L 3 Cylinder. Previous year’s winners are...
MINI Connected & The XL Journey Mate In Detail
Introduction Known as being fun-to-drive while sporting an iconic style, MINI began to focus on the connected aspect of driving. While the original MINI Connected debuted to much acclaim, other automakers have...
MF Review: The 2016 MINI JCW Automatic
How do you get to know a car? A bunch of miles usually help. Then you will need some amazing roads. How about fall foliage and scenic vistas? It never hurts. Finally...
Autocar Reviews the 2015 MINI JCW with Manual Transmission
Since the new John Cooper Works MINI came out early this spring, most reviews have been focused on automatic transmission cars. And while we had the chance to play with the manual...
MINI JCW Receives “Sport Auto Award 2015”
**Official Release:** The MINI John Cooper Works continues its series of successes at the annual “Sport Auto” magazine readers’ choice and takes first place in the importer small car category. Thanks to...
Race Report: MINI JCW Series Finale at Road Atlanta
The MINI JCW Team’s first year in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, a year that saw many long hours of hard work and a little frustration, came to a glorious conclusion at...
Did MINI’s Side Impact Recall Not Happen Fast Enough?
The Detroit News believes that may be the case. An NHTSA spokesperson is quoted as saying: >”NHTSA is concerned that BMW was aware or should have been aware of the non-compliance with...
The Science of Speed
Pushing a car – especially a MINI – to its limits on a track is thrilling, exhilarating, and many more other adjectives. To understand what is behind all these feelings, the University...
Rumor: MINI Testing Carbon Fiber Components
BMW is the world’s leading automotive manufacturer of carbon fiber with its BMWi brand. We’ve reported on the strategy, the technology and the models created with it. But the brand’s plans with...
Dyno Results: F56 with JCW Tuning Kit
We’ve always known BMW and MINI to be rather conservative in listing power and torque outputs. Now it would appear we have yet another example of this. Pedro of the site MotoringFun...