Official R50/R53 License Plate PDC Retrofit
Let’s say you missed the boat on ordering park distance control or bought your R50/R52/R53 MINI without it used and suddenly realize it’s a must have. While it can be retro-fitted, it’s...
Next MINI to Use Future BMW 3 Cylinder & 4 Cylinder Engines
As we reported a few weeks back BMW has determined that the way forward with the MINI brand isn’t through partnerships with outside companies (Fiat was rumored for quite some time) but...
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...