R57 Convertible

R57: 2009 – 2013 MINI Convertible

MINI USA Crowns Winner of Open One Challenge

After five months of motoring in his MINI Cooper Convertible with the top down as part of MINI USA’s Open One Challenge, David Loveall has proven that neither rain, snow nor blistering...

What Do you Want MINI USA To Add to the JCW?

(This article is specifically about the US-spec MINI JCW and not the version that comes with the aero-kit elsewhere in the world) Last year we gave you our take on the factory...

MINI Australia Releases JCW Challenge Edition

MINI of Australia this week released the JCW Challenge Edition meant to bring the factory JCW car a little closer in visual apparel to the JCW Challenge race cars. There’s no word...

MINI Fixes Sagging MCS & JCW Hood Scoops

Due to the design of MINI’s 1.6L turbo engine, much of the heat generated by the engine ends up being emitted from the side closest to the hood/bonnet. One unforeseen consequence has...

Official 2010 MINI Specifications (Updated Models)

Starting with March production, MINI will be upping the power on all models with revised engines. We reported the details earlier this week but we thought we’d go into the insane detail...

MINI Introduces Rainbow Colors for the UK Only

These new range of colors follow along the lines of the previous versions which were known “Fip Colours” in 2004 and then “Dreamline Colours” in 2007. This year MINI UK is back...

More Power for MINI in 2010

(Look below for the full release just published hours after this was originally posted). Over the last few days we’ve been able to get a clearer focus on MINI’s pending 2011 model...

It’s Official: MINI to Get More Power in 2010

That was quick. No sooner had we reported on the engine refresh than MINI sent out an official press release with all the facts and figures we were expecting. We’ll have more...