JCW MCSa Kit Finally Coming to the US?
It’s not dead yet. We’ve just learned that BMW and JCW are still working to get the MCSa JCW kit to pass US emissions. We were originally told this late last summer...
New R56 Cooper Spyshots Surface
Worldcarfans.com has a couple of new spyshots of the upcoming R56 MINI Cooper. MF readers will notice the uncanny resmeblence to the photos we posted a few weeks back. We also get...
New JCW Products US Release & Install Info
As we reported last October, JCW is releasing a whole slew of new products for the 2006 model year mostly dedicated to livening up the interior a bit. We’re happy to say...
MINI USA Adjusts Base Pricing
MINI USA is finally releasing the pricing changes we reported this past November. There should be no surprises for most MF readers as everything is in line with what was reported. Here’s...
The JCW GP & Traveller Spied Testing
MPH-Online has a few new MINI spy photos today. The first two are of the Traveller testing mule that has been spotted quite a bit over the last six months. The photos...
MINI Concept Detroit: Web Round-up
Now that NAIAS is over I thought a quick round-up of coverage on the MINI Concept Detroit was in order: [ BMW to Build MINI Concept ] Autonews.com
Auto Express Reviews the JCW MCSa
Auto Express got behind the wheel of the new JCW Cooper S automatic recently and came away less than impressed. Here’s an excerpt: >Under the bonnet is the manual car’s 1.6-litre engine....
2007 Cooper S at the Nürburgring (video)
AutoExpress as an article this month on the new MINI that recaps most of what we’ve been saying on MotoringFile for the past year or so. However it’s not the article that...
Top Gear on the Next MINI
Top Gear does the best job of any of the larger media outlets in cutting through the rumors and getting to the fact about the next generation MINI. While there’s probably nothing...
Italdesign Helps Engineer the 2007 MINI
We had heard rumors last year of Italdesign’s involvement in the next generation MINI but at the time they were sketchy and hardly worth a mention. Well they’re sketchy no more. Automotive...