MINI Scores 5 Stars in NHTSA Crash Testing

Official MINI USA Press Release: The second generation MINI Cooper hardtop earned impressive scores for front and side impact and roll-over testing in the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) New...

12 Greenest Cars sold in the US

Greencars.org has released the 2008 list of the greenest cars sold in the United States. >The Best of 2008 lists the greenest models in each vehicle class. Included are the year’s top-rated...

MINI Cooper S vs Volvo C30

This is a comparo I think we will keep seeing until every outlet has done it or one of the cars stops being made. This time it’s Road & Tracks turn (via...

MF Exclusive: Factory JCW MINI In Detail

MF Exclusive: A few months ago we broke the news on a few of the upgrades expected on the new factory John Cooper Works MINI and some of the general performance figures....

Is Hatchback a Dirty Word?

At least that is the question Wired is asking. >The hatchback body style has never really flown with American car-shoppers. Oh, sure, there have always been low-buck liftbacks for “entry level” buyers...

Consumer Reports Road Tests the R56

Consumer Reports gives us their thoughts on the R56 again, this time in video form. It’s nothing that we haven’t really seen or heard before like gripes about the ride quality, the...

Peter Doulman Talks About the MINI Challenge in Austrailia

Here’s a great interview with Peter Doulman, winner of the Australian 2L Touring Car Championship in 1993, who will also be running in the upcoming Australian MINI Challenge. >”I’ve had experience working...

More Awards for the MINI Brand

It must be award season, and MINI is cleaning up. According to Carpages, which has listed quite a few of them. >The January blues have been well and truly beaten by MINI...

Initial Factory JCW Kit Details Leaked

As some readers may have noticed, over the last few weeks we’ve been holding off on releasing further details on the factory JCW kit while (and secretly hoping) someone else would leak...