2007 Cooper S at the Nürburgring (video)
AutoExpress as an article this month on the new MINI that recaps most of what we’ve been saying on MotoringFile for the past year or so. However it’s not the article that...
Top Gear on the Next MINI
Top Gear does the best job of any of the larger media outlets in cutting through the rumors and getting to the fact about the next generation MINI. While there’s probably nothing...
Italdesign Helps Engineer the 2007 MINI
We had heard rumors last year of Italdesign’s involvement in the next generation MINI but at the time they were sketchy and hardly worth a mention. Well they’re sketchy no more. Automotive...
Next Generation MINI Drops the CVT
The much loved (and loathed) CVT transmission available on the MINI One and Cooper will be dropped by MINI in favor of a standard style automatic. No details have been confirmed yet...
Next Generation MINI Production Timeline
With BMW introducing the new MINI late this year, there have been lots of questions from MotoringFile readers about future availability of both the new and current car. With some recently received...
2006 Production Ahead of Schedule?
As has been previously reported on MotoringFile and elsewhere, MINI has publicly stated that they expect to produce about 20,000 fewer MINIs this year due to plant construction. However we’ve heard some...
The 2007 MINI Shows Its Face?
Update 24 Jan 06: Auto Art Models has now pulled the picture mentioned in this story. Make of it what you will. Update 20 Jan 06: A reliable source has told us...
The Next Generation JCW Cooper S
MINI2 has some news on the next generation of the JCW Cooper S that not only matches up with what has been mentioned on MF previously but goes into a bit more...
Seven New Colors for 2007
We’ve got another scoop for you today and it involves a topic everyone has an opinion on; colors. As expected, among the many things that BMW will be altering for the debut...
MINI Concept Travelling into Production
More on the production confirmation from MINI USA Press: New MINI derivative confirmed for production at Detroit Motor Show. A production car based on the MINI Concept Traveller has been confirmed today...