How the R53 MINI Re-Ignited Car Enthusiasm
Peter Egan – we couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Earlier today I was behind the wheel of a well cared for and well specced 2006 R53 Cooper S. I was blown...
Frank Stephenson Talks About Going from MINI to McLaren
Frank Stephenson is not only a critical part of MINI history but has long been a friend of MotoringFile. So it was with great pleasure when we saw him move into the...
Race Report: MINI JCW Series Finale at Road Atlanta
The MINI JCW Team’s first year in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, a year that saw many long hours of hard work and a little frustration, came to a glorious conclusion at...
First Impressions: The 2016 MINI Clubman
Walking into the depths of BMW’s secretive training center is a surreal experience. Cameras are bagged and iPhones pocketed. And yet there are things that are seen that are asked to be...
MINI Talks New Clubman & the Evolution of the Brand
BMW/MINI board member Peter Schwarzenbauer took time out of the Clubman’s European launch to chat about the car and the evolution of the MINI brand. For those of you who have been...
MF Review: The 2016 MINI Countryman
The Countryman is on its way out. Introduced in 2011 the R60 (internal MINI speak) was based on the R56 platform yet modified to the point of being almost entirely unique. The...
The Definitive 2016 MINI Clubman Buyers Guide
The MINI Clubman is not just all new but entirely re-imagined from its the previous generation. The 2016 Clubman is based on the UKL2 platform that offers not just dramatically more space...
Did MINI’s Side Impact Recall Not Happen Fast Enough?
The Detroit News believes that may be the case. An NHTSA spokesperson is quoted as saying: >”NHTSA is concerned that BMW was aware or should have been aware of the non-compliance with...
2016 MINI Clubman – The Ultimate Gallery
We’re just days away from our first hands-on with the new 2016 MINI Clubman where we’ll go in-depth with the car and the folks behind it. And as MINI begins its marketing...
MINI USA Prices the All New 2016 Clubman at $24,100
Yesterday we got a surprise in the MINI USA configurator quietly launching online. Today we get the officially official news of pricing. All in MINI is pricing the Clubman (in Cooper form)...