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Automotive Design & Production not only touches on the MINI’s new powerplants in its latest issues but the overall design as well. The following is an excerpt from an article that talks...
We’re back with the second installment of the MotoringFile Photo Contest, this time for March. Last month saw over 160 photos from our 260 [group members](http://flickr.com/groups/motoringfile/pool/), which is slightly fewer than last...
Todd, Gabe, Michael and I spend some time talking about our weekend at AMVIV. We even get to use some of our material that we didn’t use during the banquet. Oh yea,...
We quietly updated our future MINI models story we first posted last fall with some new information last week. Among some new Clubman details (and an official sketch) we’ve also updated information...
Go vote for the MINI! It’s currently just 10% ahead of the Mazda 6.
More photos after the jump…
Our friends at Cars.com had the chance to test the R56 Cooper S for a week and came away impressed with many aspects of the car. >As expected, the Cooper S has...
Gabe makes a 2nd attempt at the intro, right after I did it. What do you think? We start off talking about, of all things, coffee. Can’t believe Gabe uses splenda. That’s...
[Last month](http://motoringfile.com/2007/02/01/announcing-the-motoringfile-photo-contest/ “Announcing the MotoringFile Photo Contest”) we announced the debut of the MotoringFile Photo Contest, and now we’re happy to bring you the results! We had a great month, with 200...
With momentum building for BMW’s new “Colorado” (code name only) MINI soft-roader, production plans are starting to take shape. And it was with this knowledge that I posed this specific question to...