Interface Experts Review the MINI Interior
We’ve said it many times on these pages and now we’re being joined by the experts; the R56 center console is a usability mess. And now the usability experts at usercentric.com have...
MF Exclusive: 50th Anniversary Edition MINI
MF has learned that MINI will be releasing not one but two 50th Anniversary edition MINIs next year. Similar to the Checkmate and Park Lane MINIs that came out in 2006, these...
MINI Makes Top 12
We are fans of Winding Road around here as has been mentioned before. Issue 41 is a good reason why. Chock full of clever Top 12 or Top 5 lists, including their...
Is the MINI Recession Proof?
BusinessWeek seems to think so, via Yahoo! Finance. >But there are some good deals out there in this recession; cars that are worth the price and will hold their value. And in...
Hot Chocolate For the Convertible & Coupe?
When Hot Chocolate first debuted in the R55 Clubman there were scores of people asking about it’s availability on the coupe. It seem as if MINI may have heard the calls for...
Ask MF: Which MINI Should I Buy?
This is a question we get asked quite a bit around these parts. It’s also a question that we have covered in a few older episodes of White Roof Radio. MF Reader...
MINI Scores Well in Crash Testing
The IIHS has been crashing cars again. We all know the MINI scores well front and rear, but so not hot for side impact. >Mini Cooper results: This minicar was redesigned for...
Lightning Blue & Astro Black Discontinued
As we’ve previously reported MINI’s Lightning Blue will discontinued with March production for R55 and R56 models. In it’s place will be Horizon Blue as seen in the ad to the right....
New (Black) MINI Wheels for 2009
BMW will be offering a collection of new black wheel options for all MINIs as of March production. The wheels will be finished in gloss black and will be offered as a...
Shift Paddles Disappear from the Cooper
We’ve recently been informed by several sources that the shift paddles on automatic transmission equipped MINI Cooper’s will be phased out starting with March production. We’re not sure if this is specific...