Opinion: Quality, Change and What Makes a MINI, a MINI
In Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, the narrator takes the reader on a journey that explores the nature of “Quality” as a thing we...
Breaking: MINI to Re-examine F56 Interior Design Based on MF Reader Feedback
In a shocking turn of events, MINI corporate in Munich have released an official statement that based on the overwhelmingly negative response to the spied photos of the F56’s pre-production interior, they’re...
Roberto Cavalli to Design This Year’s Life Ball MINI
Every year, MINI taps a world renowned designer or artist to create a special MINI for the Life Ball, one of the largest AIDS charity events in the world. You can see some of those cars by <a href="https://www.motoringfile.com/tag/Life-Ball/">exploring our archives</a>. This year it's fashion designer Roberto Cavalli who'll create a one-of-a-kind MINI for auction at the 2013 event in Vienna.
The Nurburgring is Officially For Sale
Via our friends at Bridge to Gantry the most famous race track in the world is now for sale. This could be bad or good news depending on who ultimately buys the...
GranTurismo Magazine – Worth Your Time. Worth Your Money.
We don’t often plug things on MF but then again good friends don’t often start exceptional magazines about great cars. Bryan Joslin, formerly of Kilometer Magazine, VW Vortex and occasionally a guest...
White Roof Radio #449
Scooter stuff from Scooterfile starts us off to keep us in practice for the day that MINI/BMW decides to release that fancy electric scooter we saw last year. Follow that with some...
MF Spec: MotoringFile’s Limited Edition MINI (Update)
A few months back we announced a series of limited edition MINIs created with our help by MINI of Chicago. Yet the first of those special editions, a White Silver JCW, should have been in a owner's hands by now. What gives?
Ask MF: Paceman Engine Line-up
We’ve received a couple of noteworthy questions in the MotoringFile inbox of late, and we’d like to share the answers with the whole community. First comes this question from Dusty regarding diesel...
MINI & BMW Win in Four of Eight Categories
Official Release: Unbeaten titleholders and triumphant newcomers have secured the BMW Group’s renewed pre-eminence at the 2012 International Engine of the Year Awards. Powerplants guaranteeing efficient power delivery in current BMW and...
April 2012 MINI Worldwide Sales Flat, YTD Sales +8.6%
As with the MINI USA sales numbers, fewer business days in April led to flat year-over-year sales in the wide world, yet overall sales for the year are up nearly 9% over...