Autocar Reviews the 2015 MINI JCW with Manual Transmission
Since the new John Cooper Works MINI came out early this spring, most reviews have been focused on automatic transmission cars. And while we had the chance to play with the manual...
MINI JCW Receives “Sport Auto Award 2015”
**Official Release:** The MINI John Cooper Works continues its series of successes at the annual “Sport Auto” magazine readers’ choice and takes first place in the importer small car category. Thanks to...
How the R53 MINI Re-Ignited Car Enthusiasm
Peter Egan – we couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Earlier today I was behind the wheel of a well cared for and well specced 2006 R53 Cooper S. I was blown...
Frank Stephenson Talks About Going from MINI to McLaren
Frank Stephenson is not only a critical part of MINI history but has long been a friend of MotoringFile. So it was with great pleasure when we saw him move into the...
Race Report: MINI JCW Series Finale at Road Atlanta
The MINI JCW Team’s first year in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, a year that saw many long hours of hard work and a little frustration, came to a glorious conclusion at...
Did MINI’s Side Impact Recall Not Happen Fast Enough?
The Detroit News believes that may be the case. An NHTSA spokesperson is quoted as saying: >”NHTSA is concerned that BMW was aware or should have been aware of the non-compliance with...
The Science of Speed
Pushing a car – especially a MINI – to its limits on a track is thrilling, exhilarating, and many more other adjectives. To understand what is behind all these feelings, the University...
Rumor: MINI Testing Carbon Fiber Components
BMW is the world’s leading automotive manufacturer of carbon fiber with its BMWi brand. We’ve reported on the strategy, the technology and the models created with it. But the brand’s plans with...
Dyno Results: F56 with JCW Tuning Kit
We’ve always known BMW and MINI to be rather conservative in listing power and torque outputs. Now it would appear we have yet another example of this. Pedro of the site MotoringFun...
Would You Want a Self Parking MINI?
We’ve read about the feature and seen photos of it in action on BimmerFile. Now we get to see the 2016 7 Series do the seemingly impossible with its self parking function....