R57 MINI Convertible Starts Test Production
A quick note for all those convertible fans out there. The next generation MINI convertible (based on the R56 platform) started test production at the Oxford Plant this past Monday. The car...
Fireball Tim with the STC MINI
The Fireballed one is busy cruising through the halls at SEMA ogling the latest and greatest in automotive gear. Of course, he has his video crew and will be covering it all...
Ask MF: Auto Transmission Power Handling
Motoringfile Reader Clayton writes in with a great question concerning the Aisin automatic transmission. >I have a 2006 MCSA and I am considering adding some serious power to it, but I am...
MotoringFile MINI R50/R53 US Buyers Guide
Consider this buying guide a living document and what you see here to be version 1.0. While we’ve worked hard to create the basic information, you the reader will be essential in...
Kicking Tires 2007 MCS Review
The Cars.com blog Kicking Tires updates their experience with the R56 Cooper S trying it out as a 4 passenger car for a 2 hour drive. >On the minus side, I took...
Street Tuner Challenge Media Day
All three Street Tuner Challenge cars have been built and they rolled them out Monday to a few media folks, myself included. Turns out that not only was I media, but also...
EVO Magazine Drives the R56 JCW
EVO (for years one of our two favorite car mags at MF) got its hands on a 2007 MINI Cooper S with the newly released JCW kit. While we’ve featured three owner...
From the Autoblog Garage: R56 MCS
The lads at Autoblog finally got their chance to spend a week with the R56 MCS. Or course, they weren’t big fans of some of the interior treatments. >While fit and finish...
MINI USA Releases 2008 Pricing
2008 model year prices are finally here for the US market and as you would expect, we’ve got all your bases covered. First off the 2008 model year officially starts for the...
MINI Cooper D on the ‘Ring
Wanting to be different, Motoring.co.za decided to make a little challenge. >The green motoring revolution has been gaining momentum but social responsibility is all well and good; if it’s as exciting as...