MINI Crossover Design Leaked? Not Quite.
The French magazine “Automobile” claims to have acquired two images of what appear to potentially be initial design mock-ups the upcoming MINI crossover (coming in 2010 as a 2011 model). But there’s...
MINI Solves the R56 Cold Start Issue
The Death rattle. It’s a story we’ve been following closely on MF since 2007 and a topic many of you have been extremely concerned about. Last year we posted a lengthy expose...
Edmunds Leases a MINI E
We had a feeling that we would hear, sooner or later, about someone actually getting a MINI E, and Edmunds has one on the way. >While the rest of Los Angeles celebrated...
MINI’s R60 Platform to Spawn Several Variants
This fall MINI will show a production version of the MINI crossover (internally known as the R60). The road to development for this car has been a rocky one from the start....
MINI to Roll-out Cheaper One in the UK?
[pictobrowser motoringfile 72157617737560613] When the current MINI One rolled out a few years back the big news was the 1.4L 94hp engine and how it was both more powerful and more efficient...
The IIHS Crash Tests the 2009 Cooper
The IIHS recently finished its side-impact crash testing of the 2008-2009 MINI Cooper. Below is an extensive look at the testing with both exterior and interior mounted video cameras. Overall the car...
The Life Ball MINI 2009, by “The Blonds”
Official Release: When fashion and music come together at the Life Ball, the result will always be something fascinating and unique – the new Life Ball MINI created in Katy Perry style...
More John Cooper F1 Details Slip Out
Earlier this week we broke the news of the first F1 being produced at the plant. Today we can go into details on the actual car. The non-metallic green everyone is talking...
MINI & Fiat Collaboration Dies While the Next Generation MINI Comes into Focus
Those worries about MINI’s being built on a Punto chassis died a quiet death recently. In its place BMW has decided to build the next MINI using a shared BMW Group components...
MINI’s Rumored Speedster Takes Another Step Forward
The MINI Speedster rumor has taken a life of it’s own since we published our report earlier this month. Rarely have we seen so much immediate positive reaction to a proposed new...