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...
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.