BMW Fighting MINI Recall
We had to see this coming. >NHTSA announced on Friday that it will hold a public meeting Dec. 17 and take comments until Dec. 12 on its Initial Decision that model year...
MF Review: JCW Stage I vs Stage II
Unlike the previous Cooper S, MINI has taken a two prong approach to developing a faster MINI or the R56 MCS. First out of the gates was the JCW “Engine Kit” which...
MF Review: Factory JCW Hatch
The factory JCW MINI is a dichotomy of character. On one hand (in stock form) it’s as comfortable over bumps and on the highway as any MINI that’s ever been produced. Yet...
JCW Has Snob Value
At least according to the Times UK. >Of course, you can respond in different ways to a car’s prevalence. You can get all sniffy about it and run in the opposite direction,...
50MPG in a JCW MINI?
So it was in the UK using the Imperial Gallon, but still an impressive feat AutoExpress was able to pull off. >That’s not the only trick up the John Cooper Works MINI’s...
JCW MINI Makes the List
Auto Express has assembled a list of what they think the top-20 performance cars of 2008 are. And there, right between the Porsche Cayman S and the BMW M3 Coupe is the...
Motor Trend finding the Best
In a recent issue of Motor Trend they have a great comparison/competition trying to find the best handling car in the US. They are using sensors, gauges and computers with a few...
2009 New Color Update
Over the last several months we’ve told you that MINI is planning on adding and deleting a few colors in the current line-up for 2009. While we’ve known for some time what...
Anthracite Headliner Shortage
We’ve been getting reports that Clubman coming to the US with the Anthracite headliner option have been getting the standard headliner due to a shortage. According to a thread on North American...
MINI USA Recalling 2009 JCW MINIs
MINI USA is officially recalling all 560 2009 JCW MINIs due braking issues. It’s not entirely clear in the description given by the NHTSA but it would seem that the brakes either...