MINI Digital Power SoundModul Reviewed

Written by MF reader Randy Fedor (aka njpaguy) DPSM: The JCW kit for your MINI’s sound system It’s possibly the best kept secret among all MINI options for the now retired MINI...

US MINIs Get Different Seat Designs

The new MINI USA configurator has verified some news we heard a few weeks back. As was the case with the previous generation MINI, the US market will be getting a different...

R56 Rear Carrier Official PDF

It’s DIY Friday here at MotoringFile and we’re going to continue on with the R56 theme. Today it’s the new Rear Carrier. The MINI Rear Carrier system allows owners to carry up...

Evo Magazine Drives the 2007 MCS

Evo, one of our favorite print mags at MotoringFile, compares the 2007 MCS to the new Renault Clio 197. Great article and a fascinating comparison. Here’s an excerpt: >The goalposts may have...

Auto Express Group Car Test

Auto Express pits the R56 MCS against the best that Renault, Ford and VW have to offer on some of the UKs twistiest roads. >Competition in the hot hatch market has reached...

R56 JCW Aero Kit DIY

Our first official R56 DIY PDF is the highly anticipated JCW Aero Kit. The kit will be available this spring as a dealer installed option. However for those who like to get...

Top Gear Magazine Drive the 2007 MCS

What sets this review apart from all the others we’ve read recently is the fact that they were able to directly compare the R56 to a late model R53 during the test....

R&T 12 Best Cars under $30K

Road and Track make a list of the 12 best cars to be had for less than $30,000US. Of course the list included a 2006 MINI Cooper S. >Because we couldn’t get...

2007 MINI USA Website To Launch in Days

MINI USA’s 2007 configurator and entirely new website will be launched early this next week (the week of the 20th) at MINIUSA.com. Perfect timing for those of us that will have some...

New MINI On Sale in the UK Today

The new MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S go on sale from this weekend. All 154 UK MINI dealerships are holding launch events to unveil the new car, but many customers will...