R50 1st Gen MINI // 2000-2007 Archives

Opinion: It’s Time for BMW To Embrace MINI R53 Generation

We have never shied away from showing our love for the current range of MINI products. They are faster, better built and offer higher...

by Gabriel Bridger 1 week agoJan 17, 22

The crazy inception of the R50 and R53 is even more an an amazing story that just gets better when you realize just how...

by Gabriel Bridger 4 weeks agoDec 30, 21

MINI is giving us a look back at the history of the MINI Cooper and specifically the sporty side of things. OFFICIAL RELEASE For...

by MF Staff 2 months agoNov 23, 21

It’s almost impossible to believe but the modern new MINI now 20 years old. We take it for granted now but the ramping top...

by MF Staff 9 months agoApr 26, 21

It’s hard to believe but it’s been 20 years of the new MINI. While we’ll have our own look-back later this year, Autocar has...

by MF Staff 10 months agoApr 17, 21

Twenty years ago this week BMW took the wraps off of the all new MINI at the Paris Motor Show. Two decades and three...

by Gabriel Bridger 1 year agoOct 6, 20

This story originally appeared in the April 2006 edition of MotoringFile. Due to a recent post on Instagram we’ve seen a bunch of interest...

by Gabriel Bridger 1 year agoAug 17, 20

Shockingly it’s been nearly 20 years since the R50 MINI was introduced at the Paris motor show in the fall of 2000. Two decades...

by Gabriel Bridger 2 years agoMay 11, 20

How was the modern MINI born? Over the past 15 years MotoringFile has written much about Mini, Rover and BMW in the 1990s. Perhaps...

by Gabriel Bridger 2 years agoApr 21, 20

The original “new” MINI Cooper was designed over 20 years ago by Frank Stephenson, one of the most revered automotive designers of the last...

by Gabriel Bridger 2 years agoApr 18, 20