What are these MINIs?

A Car Connection reader managed to snap a handful of pictures of a MINI test mule that wasn’t a Clubman or Convertible but looked to be a standard R56 Coupe. However for...

Italian Job 2 Getting Closer?

Official information on what will apparently be titled “The Brazilian Job” has finally shown up on IMDB.com. We’re not sure if MINI’s will be involved (and rumors say no) but it’s worth...

The Rumored Future MINI Models

Over the last few months we’ve been getting deluged with rumors of new MINI variants. Some of the core rumors turned true when MINI USA VP Jim McDowel confirmed (while answering a...

Rumors of a New Film Featuring a MINI?

In the last 24 hours we’ve heard a couple reports referencing an upcoming film that will feature a 2007 MINI Cooper S in some way. Has anyone else seen or heard of...

The London Job?

Since the remake of The Italian Job came out in 2003, speculation has been that there would be a sequel, which has to this point been referred to as The Brazilian Job.  Related to this,...

VW to buy MINI from BMW? (Posted April 1st)

In the last 24 hours we’ve heard from several sources that the sale of the MINI division to VW is imminent. This unthinkable news seems to be brought on by VW’s intense...

The R56 Officially Debuted at Oxford Plant

It looks like the 2007 MINI may have been officially debuted at the Oxford Plant by BMW brass late last week. Here’s short account from a rather jaded source at the plant:...

Audi Set to Take on the MINI?

Last week, a few auto news blogs featured reports of a new MINI-killer coming from Audi by 2010. Early reports have been accompanied by photos posted to an AutoWeek forum. However AutoBilde...

MINI Sourced Triumph Still Years Away

Remember how we were really insistent on calling the most recent Triumph story still very much a rumor. It was for good reason. Namely because if it is indeed happening, it’s so...

US Connection for MINI’s New Roadster?

Another week, another MINI/Triumph rumor. MotoringFile has received further information from a fairly reliable source about the possible new roadster. For those that might have missed the previous stories on MotoringFile, let’s...