MotoringFile’s Long Term Test Car for 2017 is…
Drum roll please…. for 2017 MotoringFile will be testing a new MINI. Not just any MINI but what we’d consider one of the brand’s halo vehicles: The JCW Clubman. Like our long...
MF Garage: Summer with the 2016 MINI Clubman
There’s a little sand in the rear footwells. There’s an extra pair of running shoes and frisbee under floor rear storage. And there’s 6,000 miles on the odometer after six months. Our...
MF Garage: The Clubman Bends a Rim, Breaks a Door and Somehow Remains Perfect
Lets get this out of the way. Our Clubman’s left front NM Engineering RSe12 18″ wheel (which just replaced the ORM 17″ wheel with all-seasons) is no longer a circle. After a...
MF Garage: One Week with Our New MINI Clubman Cooper S
One week in and the superlatives are rolling in for our six door MINI around the MotoringFile HQ. So much so that at least one of us is considering buying our own...
The MotoringFile’s 2016 MINI Clubman Cooper S Has Arrived
Over the years we’ve been lucky enough to have a number of long term MINI test cars. Some we’ve ordered with your input while others have come a bit more ad hoc....
We Have the All Electric BMW i3 – What Do You Want to Know?
We’ve already told you we like the BMW i3. But what’s it like to live with the i3 (equipped with a range extender) for a week? That’s what we aim to find...
MF Garage: 10,000 Miles in the 2015 MINI Cooper S
It’s been six months and 10,000 miles since we took delivery of our British Racing Green 2015 MINI Cooper S. While we ended up losing more than a few options within the...
MF Garage: How Important Are The Right Wheels? This Important.
[twentytwenty] [/twentytwenty] What you’re looking at is the NM Engineering RSe12. An 18lbs 18″ wheel that has not only transformed the look of our long term Cooper S but improved steering response,...
MF Garage: Summer Tires for Our 2015 Cooper S
We’ve bit the bullet and are upgrading our lowly 16″ tires and wheels that accidentally came with our 2015 long term test car to something much more aggressive. We’ll get to the...
Five Facts that Make the Five Door MINI
We recently spent a week with the new MINI 5 door after living with an F56 MINI three door hatch for the past five months. How does it compare? We’ve got five...