Car Resale Values Explained

Have you ever wondered how Kelly Blue Book and Edmunds determines the resale value of a car? >According to Jesse Toprak, senior analyst for Edmunds, in Santa Monica, Calif., there are four...

Ask MF: Can I Get The JCW Kit on a R57?

“Ask MotoringFile” week continues with this question from Brian: >R57, not hearing much. Will the JCW Kits for the R56 be avaiable in 09 when the R57 is released? MINI will not...

Initial Factory JCW Kit Details Leaked

As some readers may have noticed, over the last few weeks we’ve been holding off on releasing further details on the factory JCW kit while (and secretly hoping) someone else would leak...

JCW Automatic Kit US Release Delayed

A few weeks back we reported that some US owners of the automatic R56s were getting the new 192bhp JCW kit installed at some dealers. At the time we recommended against the...

MF Exclusive: MINI’s Mid Life-Cycle Refresh

As is customary with BMW products, the current generation MINIs (The R55, R56 and R57 included) will undergo a mild mid-model cycle facelift sometime during it production run. While we don’t have...

Oldest Woman to Buy a MINI

A great MINI Story. A neat Christmas Story. Heck, just an awesome story all-around. >Finally, just weeks before Christmas, Adele called him: “I said, ‘Get yourself in gear, we’re going shopping. Mother...

Official R50/R53 Magnetic Badge Holder PDF

After posting the R56 instructions yesterday, it occurred to us that we had never officially offered the first generation MINI’s grille badge instructions on the site. So if you have an R50,...

Official R56 Magnetic Badge Holder PDF

So you just bought an R56 and want to get a few of MotoringBadge’s magnetic badges for the grille. Up until today you’d have to buy aftermarket holder or modify the previous...

CNet 2007 Car Tech Awards

CNet’s car division is looking for the 2007 Tech Car of the year. Among the list of 10 cars they picked that they think have great technology is, of course, the 2007...