The Independent Drives the 2007 MCS

The Independant drives the 2007 MCS and comes away rather impressed with both the engineering and the performance of the car. Here’s an excerpt: >Crash-test regulations, especially for pedestrian impact, are the...

MINI’s Most Popular Colors

We’ve long heard opinions on what could be the most popular colors. We’ve seen forum polls and threads long enough to bind and sell as books about the topic. However we’ve not...

MF Review: M7 Under Strut System

Could it be possible that the R50/R53 MINI coupe, a car with twice the structual rigidity of the current BMW M3, could use some further structural reinforcment? As anyone who’s pushed the...

The CarConnection Drives the R56

The carconnection.com gets behind the wheel of the R56 and gives us their take. Here’s an excerpt: >Updating an icon can go horribly awry, can’t it? On the one extreme, you end...

GoAuto on the Future of the R56

Looks like the boys over at GoAuto have been reading MotoringFile over the past few months. They rattle off several exclusive scoops we’ve had at MF recently and give us even further...

MINI Design Chief Talks about the R56

GoAuto spent some time with Gert Hildebrand on the 2007 MINI and how the MINI design team went about creating the follow-up to the R50. It’s a fantastic article for anyone interested...

Official MINI UK 2007 PDFs

A few weeks back we posted a series of official MINI UK documents detailing everything from technical data to a full option listing to even paint color. Since then we’ve noticed that...

Evolution of the New MINI (Long Version)

This is the full version of the press release posted earlier this week. You can download the full specifications PDF at the bottom. 1. Everything New – Everything MINI Exterior Design. The...

GoAuto Drives the 2007 MCS

Another rave review for the R56. Here’s an excerpt: >ALEC Issigonis would be proud. For the all-new Mini to meet 2008 pedestrian-impact legislation, BMW realised that it had to extend the outgoing...

Evolution of the New MINI (Short Version)

Everything new – Everything MINI. The go-kart in the compact segment is entering the next round: Starting in November 2006, the second generation of the MINI will be making its appearance on...