
MTTS: 1st Weekend Wrap-up w/Photo Gallery
MTTS is underway with the first weekend in Atlanta, GA behind us. When done the bi-annual event will travel across the US visiting 14 cities over 15 days with thousands of MINIs....
MINI Takes the States

MTTS is underway with the first weekend in Atlanta, GA behind us. When done the bi-annual event will travel across the US visiting 14 cities over 15 days with thousands of MINIs....

MotoringFile has been a part of every MTTS since the beginning and 2016 will be no different. Between a couple of us we’ll be covering MTTS from Michigan to Palm Springs. We’ll...

Official Release: MINI USA today announced that registration for MINI TAKES THE STATES 2016 (MTTS) is now officially open. MINI owners looking to participate can now register at MINITAKESTHESTATES.com. The adult registration...

Official Release: After much anticipation, MINI USA today announced the official route for the 2016 running of MINI TAKES THE STATES. The legendary biennial cross-country owners rally will kick off at Road...

One year from today MTTS 2016 will kick off. MINI USA today officially announced the dates for the popular cross-country owners’ rally, MINI TAKES THE STATES (MTTS).

Preston Thomas Tucker. Most people know him as the car manufacturer Jeff Bridges portrayed in the [critically acclaimed](http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-1988) film *Tucker: The Man and His Dream*. Others know him as one of those...

The dust has settled, the buses have left and MTTS withdrawal has afflicted moterers from coast to coast. We’ve seen pictures of the cars but let’s meet some of the people who...

For those that have been on the two week trek the finish line is both welcome and a little bittersweet. For those of us (me) who have just joined, it feels like...

We’re almost a third of the way into the 2014 MINI Takes The States and all of us at MotoringFile wish all the participants a memorable, exciting and safe trip. If you haven’t...

Todd and I are joined by WRR Intern Alex Sitbon in the F56 today as we drove on The Million Dollar Highway from Grand Junction, Colorado to ABQ, New Mexico as we...