More Details on MINIs Upcoming Engine Change
This news comes from this week's Autoexpress: “Bosses at MINI are playing it cool on the future of the popular supermini's engine range – but pictures in the current issue of Auto...
The MINI Gets a Prince
As has been reported the next generation engine for the MINI, dubbed “Prince” by BMW engineers, is scheduled for gradual release over the next 2-3 years. We've heard some info about general...
Why the Cooper JCW Kit is not offered in the US
This bit of info came directly from MINIUSA was posted on North American Motoring. It's actually in regards to a (rather odd) rumor that MINIUSA was going to release something similar to...
The Next Generation MINI Gets Closer to a Reality
AutoExpress has more details about the upcoming changes to the MINI. Here's an excerpt: “It looks as though we're in for a real adventure in 2004! Exclusive images in the current issue...
MINI's Longterm Product Development
Here's an interesting email I got the other day out of the blue: You never heard it from me but I saw a very interesting product planning document that went out to...
The CVT Revisited – A Full Review
After my initial post about my CVT loaner experience I got several emails saying that I obviously had a MINI with old software and the dreaded CVT stumble (that seems to have...
The CVT Paddle Shifter Review
From the Sports Drive position, pushing forward or pulling back will take the car into 'Steptronic' mode. Pushing forward will knock the car into a lower 'gear', pulling back from the Sports...
The JCW Do-it-Yourself Kit Update
As some of you may remember I posted some install instruction regarding the John Cooper Works Kit awhile back. I wanted to let every know that I've now got an updated version...