Follow The MINI USA R56 Press Launch

Update (Sunday 1:00pm): Be sure to check out the new photos from today’s events. I’ve touched down in Phoenix and in doing so have gone from 7F to 70F. But beyond that...

The MINI Aero Kit: First Official Photos

After months of waiting we have the first full-size images of the new MINI factory installed aero kit. With the R56 MINI will be releasing not one but two different aero kits....

AWD For All MINIs in 2008?

Tucked away at the end of this week’s Auto Motor und Sport article on the 2008 Clubman is this little nugget (translated from German): >However an all-wheel drive system will be available...

MF Video Friday: Fastest Street MINI

Those guys are Fireballed Racing are at it again. This time, taking Brian White’s Widow to some extremes. If you couldn’t make out the numbers, that was 412 horsepower.

Oxygen Blue Arrives

At long last Oxygen Blue has finally arrived on MINI’s European online configurators. For those who may have missed it, Oxygen Blue is a non-metallic that will only be available on MINI...

The Clubman’s Boot Storage Module

   With the additional space that comes with the Clubman, MINI has been working on new storage solutions.  One that is likely to see production is a removable storage organizer hidden under...

The Clubman’s Seating Capacity

Since we broke the news a few months back that the 2008 MINI Clubman was designed to seat five, we’ve had a raft of questions about the arrangement from readers. So recently...

R56 vs. GTI vs. C30 T5

In this months Winding Road, they have a very fun piece that is not really versus as much as it is a good comparison of the MCS, the Volkswagon GTI and the...

Official 2007 MINI USA Specifications PDF

Here’s one that US MINI fans have been waiting for: the official MINI Specifications PDF with just about every number on the US spec R56 you can imagine. While we’ve seen most...