Rumor: MINI Five Door Hatch to Spawn Crossover
In an effort to combat the onslaught of small crossovers rumors are pointing to MINI modifying the F55 five door hatch and creating a junior Countryman. First heard from our sources last...
MINI has 45,000 Pre-Orders for the MINI Cooper SE In Europe
Curious if the all electric MINI Cooper SE will sell? In Europe that doesn’t seem to be much a question anymore. MINI has announced it has 45,000 pre-orders for the electric MINI...
MINI’s Chinese Joint Venture is in Trouble
In a twist we weren’t expecting MINI’s Chinese joint venture with Great Wall Motors may be in trouble according to German media reports. The joint venture was intended to allow MINI larger...
MINI Hatch Will Get 2nd LCI Before Being Replaced
MINI is in a state of transition. That’s the take you get from reading Georg Kacher latest article in Automobile. While many of the points he makes about MINI have been reported...
The MINI Cooper SE Could be the Best Electric Car Buy of 2020
The MINI Cooper SE is rumored to start under $29,000 when it hits dealerships in early 2020. On the face of it, $29k for a car that gets 120 miles on a...
BMW Doubles Down on US with New MINI Crossovers & Updated Hardtops Coming
BMW Group sales boss Pieter Nota (speaking to Automotive News recently) said that BMW knows turning around MINI USA will require new products and fresh offerings. More specifically we’re talking about new...
MINI Celebrates Launch of Cooper SE at Oxford & Reveals Production Schedule
Last week MINI unveiled the new all electric MINI Cooper SE at the Oxford plant, where the very first Mini was built 60 years ago. After 15,000 potential customers already expressed interest...
MINI Cooper SE First Track Drive
Sadly we could not make this weekend’s Formula E event and thus missed out on our chance to take the MINI Cooper SE out for a quick spin. Luckily Autocar was there...
Here’s How MINI Brand Will Become All Electric in 10 Years
This past week Autoexpress ran an “exclusive” story about the MINI brand becoming all electric by 2030. However if you’ve been reading MotoringFile you’ll know this is been stated for awhile by...
Video: JCW GP Makes its UK Debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
The JCW GP make it’s UK debut (in prototype form) this past weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. After spending a few days at the MINI booth the GP took to...