Official MINI Rear Parking Distance Retrofit
For this week’s MotoringFile DIY, we’ve got both the US and Euro version of the official rear parking distance system. This is the same accessory that is available as a factory option...
Ask MotoringFile: 2007 MINI Q&A
Have questions about the new 2007 MINI? We may be able to help. With the new model set to start sales in the US on the 17th of February, we’ve found that...
MINI’s NightFire Red in Person
Along with Oxygen Blue, information on Nightfire Red has been very hard to come by. The only image we know to exist of the color was of the paint chip photo we...
MF Review: The 2007 MINI Cooper & Cooper S
MINI had a tough task following up the R50 and R53. To gain a larger audience, there’s little question the car had to become easier to live with. That meant, less rattles,...
R56 Interior Impressions
Tomorrow Gabe will have his full review of the R56, but today I wanted to take a bit of a look back myself on this past weekend at the U.S. Press Launch of...
More MINI Variants Confirmed w/Production Likely Outside the UK
MF Exclusive: This past weekend I had the opportunity to be a part of MINI USA’s official 2007 MINI press introduction. Among some of the more interesting experiences over the past two...
MFSW Causing Ordering Problems
There has been some problems with the early R56 orders that were supposed to have Multi-Function Steering Wheel in December and January. When ordering the MFSW on an R50/R53, the Motoring Advisor...
Audio Review: On the Track with the R56
I was able to get Gabe on his hands-free cell phone for some laps on the track in an R56 Cooper, Cooper S and Cooper S with an automatic. Plus, a ride...
2007 MINI First Impressions
I’m just back from spending three plus hours at the track and four hours on the road with the R56 Cooper and Cooper S. We had time on the track at Thunderhill...