Video: The TWINI on Jay Leno’s Garage
No matter your late night viewing loyalties, there’s no denying that Jay Leno is the gear head to end all gear heads. His collection includes motorcycles, antique fire engines, tractors and more...
MINI’s Decade of Concepts & Turmoil (w/Gallery)
Given the launch of the new MINI and the recent pre-production shell that popped up on eBay, we’ve been digging into our archives a bit and thinking about how the modern MINI...
Frank Stephenson: MINI Has Lost it
Frank Stephenson, exterior designer of the R50 and R53 MINI was interviewed earlier this year on the occasion of his latest creation debuting – the McLaren P1. Frank, a long time reader...
Pre-production Rover R50 Prototype Shell Shows up on eBay
Want an early look at MINI development? This prototype shell found on eBay gives us an interesting window into that time period where Rover still had some control over engineering and BMW...
Finding the Perfect Used MINI – Your Stories
For so many years MotoringFile has focused on whats new and recently released. However with the price of 2002 MINIs now well below $10k there are great used MINI deals to be...
The Onasled Racing Mid-Engined MINI (Video)
Modifying cars ca be a slippery slope. This is the biggest slope we’ve ever heard of. (Via Axis of Oversteer). >First it was just to be the caging, full containment seat, and...
A Twin-Engine R53 Race Car for Thunder Hill
When we got an email from Jerry Bradbury, the team manager for the TWINI racing effort, we couldn’t quite believe what he was telling us. He and his team have put together...
R50/R53 MINI Power Steering Warranty Extension
Do you own a ’02 – ’05 MINI Cooper, MINI Cooper S or MINI Cooper Convertible in the US? Have you had to replace your power steering pump at your cost? Did...
A Look Back at the Three Generation of the MINI Cooper & Cooper S
As MINI gears up to release the entirely new MINI Cooper and Cooper S in early autumn it’s time for a look back and where the model has come from. The idea,...
