Do people really hate the new MINIs design? If you look at the 100s of comments on MotoringFile over the last week you would come away with that impression. Yet we’ve seen...
Snow seems to be everywhere this winter. From the UK to the southern US we’ve seen an abundance of the white stuff over the past few months. Here in Chicago we’ve gotten...
The Ford Bronco hit the internet last night and the internet broke. From the automotive to the general press the Bronco is being hailed as exactly the type of product that people...
We’ve been writing about the surprising value that MINI USA has achieved with the electric Mini Cooper SE since pricing was announced last fall. But what do we mean and how does...
The classic sound of a high-performance four cylinder MINI will soon be a thing of the past. Some rumors point to MINI aggressively moving to an all electric line-up for its small...
The MINI Cooper SE is rumored to start under $29,000 when it hits dealerships in early 2020. On the face of it, $29k for a car that gets 120 miles on a...
We’re huge fans of the manual transmission here at MF. So much so that your author has only ever had one automatic MINI out of eight owned (and that one wasn’t even...
While we wait for the MINI GP3 to come in early 2020, we thought we’d revisit the ultimate MINI to date – the R56 JCW GP Six years ago I fell in...
After years of anticipation CarPlay finally arrived on MINIs last year. Offered in its latest and great wireless form, it promised unequalled mobile integration and ease of use. We’ve been living with it in our new JCW Countryman and over the last 5,000 miles have formed a few well informed opinions. Notably that CarPlay is at best medicroe and should be classified as beta software until major updates are offered.
The term MINI Cooper has become the brand name for MINI in the US and it drives us at MF crazy. Let’s back up for a moment. Most of us know that...
Small cars are dying in the United States. This week Ford announced that it will no longer be selling traditional sedans in North America and will reduce its car offerings to just...
As MINI looks to get its footing back in the US market there are a couple of areas that the brand clearly needs to focus on. Design and performance have been and...
MINI USA is releasing something called “The MINI Cooper Signature Line” – a package that brings a handful of key options to customers for the lowest price possible. Think of the MINI...
As MINI prepares to design and engineer the next generation of MINIs, we thought we’d get the cards on the table and talk about whats working and what isn’t in the current...
163 hp, 2600 lbs and $22,000. Those approximate numbers were some of the key ingredients to one of the most successful cult cars of all time. The R53 Cooper S (2002 –...
