2024 MINI Cooper & MINI Countryman to Have Optional Autonomous Driving
The all new 2024 MINI models will be the most technically capable MINI ever made. Whether it’s fully electric or ICE powered, they will usher in a fresh design and all new...
Exclusive: 2025 F66 MINI Cooper and Cooper S to Have Hidden Exhausts
Our recent exclusive report on the F66 2025 MINI Cooper JCW revealed a number of interesting details about the next generation performance model from the brand. One of the more surprising design...
Opinion: JCW Appearance Packages Confuse Buyers and Hurt the Brand
MINI won’t release an all electric JCW until 2025. Yet much of the automotive press is reporting that it just did. What happened? Last week MINI officially debuted the J01 MINI Cooper...
Exclusive: MINI Is Killing Run-flat Tires in All Future Models
The 20 year experiment of run-flats is over for MINI. After years of customer complaints about ride quality, performance impacted by weight and high replacement costs, MINI has decided to eliminates run-flats...
Europe vs the US – The New MINI Countryman and its Horsepower Differences Will Surprise You
If you’ve been following our coverage on the new (U25) MINI Countryman internal combustion models you’ll notice an unusual discrepancy. The US spec versions of the Countryman S and Countryman JCW have...
Video: MINI OS9 Demo With CarPlay and Experience Modes
MINI OS9 and its integration of CarPlay and Experience Modes is unlike anything we’ve see from MINI or an other automaker. We recently had a chance to go hands-on with the new...
Exclusive Look at MINI’s Plans to Phase out Internal Combustion Models
Choice. That’s been the core of BMW’s philosophy with EVs and that strategy is playing out with the J01 and F66 and soon with the U25 and the NE5 MINIs. The only...
Exclusive: F66 2025 MINI Cooper JCW Gets Major Updates While Staying Old-School
The petrol powered MINI Cooper JCW isn’t dead yet. In fact MINI is just months away from unveiling a new ICE version of the ionic hot hatch based on a heavily revised...
Exclusive Launch Details on the F66 (ICE) 2025 MINI Cooper
If you’ve been following MotoringFile you’ll know that MINI is splitting its core model – the Cooper – into two very different products. The car that’s gotten all the press lately is...
F66 (ICE) 2025 MINI Cooper to Feature All New Interior Design
If you’ve been reading MotoringFile you’ll know that MINI is releasing two new MINI Cooper models next year; the J01 electric and F66 internal combustion. However one of those isn’t new at...