BMW & Fiat to Co-Develop Next MINI Platform
It looks like the BMW Group has finally found an appropriate partner to help develop its next small car platform (which will include the next generation MINI). Here’s an excerpt from a...
R56 Cold Start Official Fix Coming
MF Exclusive: For all those who might have missed the story initially (and all 200 comments) some R56 Cooper S’ have been experiencing some odd noises on start-up. After posing the question...
JCW Challenge Car details
While at MINI Takes the States in Boston, I had the opportunity to crawl in, on and around the JCW Challenge Race Car with camera in hand. While I was taking photos,...
Used Cars Coming Back
With more and more people trying to get into more fuel efficient cars, resale values of used cars is going up. From Forbes.com. >It’s not just used hybrids seeing a price increase,...
Factory JCW in Video
You heard the audio and read Todd’s thoughts about it, but I also got it on video! Enjoy. Updated by request. This version has no music. Enjoy.
Why the JCW Factory MINI will not get LSD.
Over the past months there has been quite a low level rumble from MINI enthusiasts about the lack of availability of LSD (Limited Slip Differential) on the new factory JCW MINI. The...
MF Exclusive: Factory JCW (The Burble is Back!)
Exclusive! The Factory JCW will be getting the burble exhaust sound back as was on late R53 models. This is great news and you can see and hear for yourself at your...
A MINI Cooper D in the USA
Not for sale in the United States, Bosch has one here as part of it’s in-house Euro Diesel fleet. And MPGoMatic got to drive one in Las Vegas Nevada. >While a 0-62...
Factory JCW’s Are Officially In Production
Expect deliveries to start in late June and early July for Europe and July 14th for the US. As always check out our extensive coverage of the in the JCW section of...
Battle of the Road Trip Cars
2 different lists hit our radar this week. First was the ’07 list from Kelly Blue Book, who choose the R56 MINI Cooper. >Even though the redesigned 2007 MINI Cooper is both...