MINI Concept Detroit: First Photos

Update: For a full gallery of photos check out our MINI Concept Detroit gallery just posted. Because of that we’ve closed comments on this post. For those of you who wanted to...

MINI Concept Detroit Update #2

MINI’s next long wheelbase concept debuted lastnight at a private MINI USA dealer event in Detroit. It will show its face to the press next week along with official information about the...

Details Emerge on the Detroit MINI Concept

This week’s Automotive News has a short piece on what to expect from MINI in Detroit. Here’s a quick excerpt: While the press is calling the Traveller a wagon, Mini executives hate...

MCAW Auto Up Window Circuit Reviewed

One of the more annoying features missing from the US spec MINIs are auto-up windows. For some reason BMW decided to program out the feature for all MINIs in the US (nevermind...

Future MINI & iPod Integration?

We expect quite a few subtle improvements with music and mobile phone integration over the years with the next MINI. However we’ve never really heard of specifics until a recent Autoweek article....

2007 Cooper S at the Nürburgring

We’ve got a little stocking stuffer for you today. Another clear shot of the next generation Cooper S doing some final shake-down tests at the Nurburgring in Germany. The image comes courtesy...

The MINI Traveller at Detroit

Last month MotoringFile exclusively revealed that BMW was planning a third Traveller concept based on the forthcoming next generation MINI. This time the concept will make it’s world debut at the North...

R56 Interior Evolution

[Updated with larger photos after the click!] MINI has been dropping hints about the interior in the R56 for several months now. Today we take a look at the progression of the...

MINI Convertible Sells in Soft UK Market

MINI Convertible tops the UK charts as the best-selling convertible of 2005, as a record 200,000 MINIs leave Oxford. In a year when UK soft-top sales are down overall, MINI has bucked...