2007 Cooper and Cooper S Officially Revealed
The day many of us have waited for is here. The press embargo wasn’t scheduled to be lifted for a few hours but several online publications have already broken it so we’re...
2007 MINI In Motion
Beyond the press release and the images, MINI has also released four minute video of both the Cooper and Cooper S doing their thing on some curvy roads. Since our servers shudder...
2007 MINI to Get HD Radio
According to sources MINI is planning on offering the R56 will be HD Radio in the US market. As with BMWUSA products, MINI USA will position HD Radio along side Sirius as...
2007 MINI Seats Add Some Color and Support
MINI has heard the complaints and will be upgrading the sport seats in both the Cooper and Cooper S. Our sources are telling us that the new seat design will be a...
Silver Roof = R.I.P.
The Pure Silver roof that MINI introduced with the special editions in 2006 (and as an a la carte option in the US) will die a quiet death with the introduction of...
MF Review: JCW Alcantara Steering Wheel
The steering wheel is the single most used interface of a car and it’s the most important input device for both the track and the road. Generally speaking, thicker wheels with softer,...
Next Generation MINI Production Timeline
“When is the R56 and/or R55 going to be available?” It’s a question we hear constantly these days from folks with deposits burning a hole in their pockets. We’ve answered it a...
Is the 2007 MCS Faster than JCW GP? (No)
GP owners breath easy. A vague mention combined with mis-read press release means that the comparison made between the GP and the new MCS isn’t correct. The GP is 14 seconds faster...
2007 MCS to Get Upgraded Brakes
This is less of a scoop then it was when we wrote it two weeks ago, but according to sources the 2007 MCS will have brakes roughly equivilent to the JCW package....
R56 Final Color List (US Market)
Last Friday we posted 92% of the list, now we’re ready to share with you what we know to be all 12 color options for the R56. The one surprise is that...