MINIUSA Officially Announces 2005 Changes
You heard it here first! This is the news many of us have been waiting for (including word of an Limited Slip Differential and Automatic for the MCS). The following are excerpts...
The JCW Cooper Kit Components
Since there seems to be quite a bit of interest in what exactly is included here's a list of the entire range of components that's included within the newly released Cooper kit:...
The JCW Cooper Kit Coming to the US
This information was released to MINI dealers in the form of an “Aftersales business development & marketing MINI dealer bulletin”. It comes via Ian Cull: Based on requests from MINI dealers, please...
2005 Options and Pricing PDF
Just wanted to let everyone know that we've added the Euro version of the MINI Cabrio price/options list and the UK 2005 MINI price/options list in the “Files” section in the lower...
MINI Bluetooth Kit Reviewed
Here's a review from 1st time contributor Dave Carroll about the highly anticipated official MINI Bluetooth Handsfree Kit: I had the Bluetooth Handsfree Kit installed yesterday. It costs $450 plus installation labor....
The True Story Behind the MINI's Exhaust Tip
As many of you probably know there’s an interesting story behind the MINI’s exhaust tip and why it looks like it does. This story was originally posted last year (and has been...
Dension ICE-Link Review
Rating: 4/5 As many know the the winds of change have been brewing for sometime in the way we listen and enjoy our music. Gone our the days of cassette tape players...
The 2005 MINI Revealed
This is an overview of what changes we’ll see on the 2005 MINI. For US specific information see this article: MINIUSA Announces 2005 Spec. Since we seem to be getting details weekly...
Why the Cooper JCW Kit is not offered in the US
This bit of info came directly from MINIUSA was posted on North American Motoring. It's actually in regards to a (rather odd) rumor that MINIUSA was going to release something similar to...
The CVT Revisited – A Full Review
After my initial post about my CVT loaner experience I got several emails saying that I obviously had a MINI with old software and the dreaded CVT stumble (that seems to have...