Track Showdown: The F56 JCW MINI vs the F54 JCW Clubman
The F56 JCW MINI vs the F54 JCW Clubman. Not the most likely adversaries but perhaps the two best performance cars MINI has in its arsenal. They each represent a very different...
MINI Countryman Hybrid Review – Is This The Perfect MINI Daily Driver?
The MINI Countryman Hybrid is the MINI that most of us need – whether we know it or not. In a few years from now it’ll be easy to see the MINI...
Autocross at the MINI Motoring School Will Make You Laugh Out Loud
Autocross in a MINI has always been fun. But doing it with someone else’s JCW MINI on a purpose built autocross track (with a e-brake turn thrown in for good measure) is...
International Effort: Electric MINI to be Designed in Germany and Built in the UK and China
Last week’s announcement by BMW revealed more than than just a future production joint venture for an electric MINI. It revealed a multinational approach to design and production that could be a...
It’s Official: BMW is Partnering with Great Wall Motor to Develop and Build Electric MINIs in China
As sources had predicted, BMW is looking to co-develop and produce electric MINIs in a China. On the face of it, this letter of intent means that BMW is getting very serious...
MINI Cooper S Turbo FAQ: What You Need to Know About Failing Turbos
Last week the first letters from MINI USA went out to Cooper S owners extending the warranty on their turbos for 10 years or 120,000 miles. It’s both a generous move by MINI USA and one that was sorely needed. But there’s a lot of conflicting information and plenty of confusion for owners or even would be owners of these MINIs. So we have created the MotoringFile MINI Cooper S Turbo FAQ to bring together all the information in one place to give you a place get your questions answered and some insight into what to worry about and what to not.
MINIUSA Isn’t Getting the DCT This Year
As anticipated, MINIUSA won’t be bringing the highly anticipated DCT transmissions to the US this year. But this news doesn’t come from secret sources. This comes via Automotive News and MINIUSA VP...
Rumor: Next Generation MINI to Get its Own Platform
The next generation MINI due in the years ahead could get its own MINI-specific platform. A platform that isn’t bound by BMW design requirements and thus (theoretically) better suited for smaller MINIs....
First Photos of the 2019 MINI Electric
Even the dark of night in northern Scandinavia can’t keep the 2019 MINI Electric secret. Autocar snapped the first photos of the 2019 model undergoing cold weather testing inside the arctic circle....
The 2019 MINI LCI Videos – The New Refresh In Motion
Today we bring you the first 2019 MINI LCI videos – giving us the best look at MINI’s LCI to date. And if you can’t make it to NAIAS next week, this...