The iPod/MINI Connector Reviewed

I've owned an iPod for two and a half years and owned my MINI for just under that. I've grown to appreciate both the longer I own them. Both illustrate how great...

MINI Updates its 2005 Ordering Guide

Apparently MINI has found it necessary to update it's ordering guide that it sent out to US dealers a few weeks ago. Here's a PDF that was delivered out yesterday to MINI...

MINIUSA Official Convertible Pricing/Spec PDFs

Again nothing here that MotoringFile readers haven't seen before but it's great to finally (yes finally) see all of this confirmed. As we posted a while back the Cooper Convertible will retail...

Complete MINIUSA 2005 Pricing Lists

We have two MINIUSA documents. One is the package specifications and pricing and the other is individual option pricing for 2005. There's really nothing here that's new to MotoringFile readers (especially those...

Short Video Clip of the Next Gen MINI

MINI2 has acquired what seems to be a video clip of a lightly disguised prototype of the next generation MINI – the R56. The car looks very much like today's MINI however...

Cheaper Mini on its Way?

As some long time MotoringFile readers may know MINI's next generation car (the R56) is due to be introduced in the next 2-3 years. There have been rumors in the past that...

MINI Plant at Oxford to Expand?

Here's some interesting news from the Belfast Telegraph: The German car maker BMW is close to deciding on a major expansion of its Mini plant in Oxford to cope with booming demand...

MINIUSA Officially Announces Cabrio Specs

This is yet more news that many of us have been waiting for. The following is the text from an internal MINIUSA document about the official US 2005 model Cabrio specs. You...

MINIUSA Officially Announces 2005 Changes

You heard it here first! This is the news many of us have been waiting for (including word of an Limited Slip Differential and Automatic for the MCS). The following are excerpts...

The John Cooper Works MCS Kit Review

A lot has been said and written about the MINI Cooper S JCW Kit since its release a year ago. Yet, until now we hadn't had a chance to throw our hat...