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This story comes to us from WhiteRoofRadio host and Detroit Tuned founder, Chad Miller. The automotive aftermarket has a lot of great parts to offer. That said, not all replacement parts for your MINI are created equal. When your looking to repair or maintain your MINI, don’t just look at the price and go for [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Tomorrow, March 22,2012, officially marks 10 years of MINI in the US of A. What many dismissed as a niche car for a non-existant audience has more than flourished on American soil. But MINI did more than just bring back a classic. It did more than sell a fun, fast, cute little car. MINI defined [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

MINI’s pedigree in racing is rooted in its underdog status. It’s the unlikely little car taking on racers with twice, even three times the horsepower. Recently driver Gary Webb and co-driver Marc Goldfarb drove a MINI Clubman to not just take the 2WD class, but to take overall victory away from the venerable Subaru in [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

MINI has put together a video highlighting the musical acts you’ll be able to see on the big stage at MINI United. Looks like it’s gonna rock. (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

The boys from the Red Bull Crashed Ice series got together on the a frozen lake with a Countryman JCW for a bit of unconventional “training.” Those unfamiliar with the sport, think of it as the cross-pollination of ice hockey and luge. Video after the jump. (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

For those outside the industry, the Addy Awards are a local, regional and national awards program that honors creative work around the country. Recently, MINI USA’s agency, Butler Shine Stern & Partners (BSSP) took home top awards in five categories — including television, and out-of-home — at the San Francisco Addy awards. Taking home... (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

We’ve known it was coming for awhile. We had even predicted exactly when we’d see it’s debut and eventual launch. But it doesn’t diminish our excitement in seeing it close to production ready condition. But what are we seeing and what should we expect when it’s launched at MINI United in early May? Read on [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Our prediction two weeks ago that we’d be seeing a R56 based GP very soon appears to be coming true. Today we see that car in full motion (video after the break) spotted on the German Autobahn. The tell-tale wing and the predicted functional rear defuser are all here giving us the required tip-offs that [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

For the second year in a row, MINI has been named the top service experience by J.D. Power. When it comes to getting your car worked on, MINI takes the best care of you, according to JDP. The experience customers had with their service advisor at MINI dealerships was apparently just that little bit better. [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

We’ve known for awhile that MIIN was looking to re-name the Paceman but until now we’ve not hear anything specific about the name. We theorized that MINI could go with something as simple as the Countryman Coupe but had no definitive source to back it up. However the folks at Car and Driver do as [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

News from Motoringfile, including an interview with Rob Pasaro, Head of the BMW App Center Mountainview. And as Todd prepares for his actual birthday celebration, he continues his quest to remind you of famous people who were born this month. Moving on to Ask Chad, one of the questions was about Cooper exhuast systems. The [...]<br/> <br/> (visit MotoringFile for the full article) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z-9bncfoe9lqjMN_npoEQmLHmlI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z-9bncfoe9lqjMN_npoEQmLHmlI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z-9bncfoe9lqjMN_npoEQmLHmlI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z-9bncfoe9lqjMN_npoEQmLHmlI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=K2y6Yhs3Ue4:-gS3HefputM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=K2y6Yhs3Ue4:-gS3HefputM:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=K2y6Yhs3Ue4:-gS3HefputM:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=K2y6Yhs3Ue4:-gS3HefputM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=K2y6Yhs3Ue4:-gS3HefputM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=K2y6Yhs3Ue4:-gS3HefputM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=K2y6Yhs3Ue4:-gS3HefputM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Motoringfile/~4/K2y6Yhs3Ue4" height="1" width="1"/><br /><br />Читать дальше

Official Release: The BMW Group is confident about the current financial year after a record year in 2011. “We are targeting new highs in sales volume and pre-tax earnings for 2012”, stated Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG at the Annual Accounts Press Conference in Munich on Tuesday. The Automotive [...]<br/> <br/> (visit MotoringFile for the full article) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0l6o6wbYX6_LnPvt3e69BzICO5A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0l6o6wbYX6_LnPvt3e69BzICO5A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0l6o6wbYX6_LnPvt3e69BzICO5A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0l6o6wbYX6_LnPvt3e69BzICO5A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=OZ1FrB7Hjuo:gdke8LmAywI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=OZ1FrB7Hjuo:gdke8LmAywI:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=OZ1FrB7Hjuo:gdke8LmAywI:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=OZ1FrB7Hjuo:gdke8LmAywI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=OZ1FrB7Hjuo:gdke8LmAywI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=OZ1FrB7Hjuo:gdke8LmAywI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=OZ1FrB7Hjuo:gdke8LmAywI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Motoringfile/~4/OZ1FrB7Hjuo" height="1" width="1"/><br /><br />Читать дальше

Portugal native and MINI WRC race driver Armindo Araujo brought home a top ten finish in the week’s Rally Mexico. Looking forward to his homeland rally at the end of this month, Araujo says the team finished right where they’d expected to. [Official release via MINI Motorsport] His ideal was a top ten placing on [...]<br/> <br/> (visit MotoringFile for the full article) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WxXBqmAQHYlq6cEQ3Z5Iea-1uug/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WxXBqmAQHYlq6cEQ3Z5Iea-1uug/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WxXBqmAQHYlq6cEQ3Z5Iea-1uug/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WxXBqmAQHYlq6cEQ3Z5Iea-1uug/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=vbncIRSA6Dc:FNR_oxjBzOk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=vbncIRSA6Dc:FNR_oxjBzOk:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=vbncIRSA6Dc:FNR_oxjBzOk:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=vbncIRSA6Dc:FNR_oxjBzOk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=vbncIRSA6Dc:FNR_oxjBzOk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=vbncIRSA6Dc:FNR_oxjBzOk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=vbncIRSA6Dc:FNR_oxjBzOk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Motoringfile/~4/vbncIRSA6Dc" height="1" width="1"/><br /><br />Читать дальше

When the Countryman was first announced, pretty much everyone on MF hoped the earth would crack open and swallow it whole the moment it arrived. A MINI “SUV” needed to be sent back to whatever vile hell it came from. But a funny thing happened as we got to know the four door MINI: we [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Today at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas BMW Group announced that the Stitcher Smart Radio iPhone App will be the next compatible app for iDrive/MINI Connected. Video of the prototype app in a BMW 650i and press release after the jump. Official Release: BMW Group Partners with Stitcher to Make Stitcher Radio iPhone [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

“Bonjour et bienvenue chez MINI! Can you believe it was two years ago that we introduced the MINI Countryman right here in Geneva? It began as an idea to give fans even more MINI and the Countryman turned into a global sensation. Switzerland, of course, is no exception to this success. The Countryman’s 4 wheel-drive [...]<br/> <br/> (visit MotoringFile for the full article) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z19jI2IDP8oERth04y1jaLOXMjg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z19jI2IDP8oERth04y1jaLOXMjg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z19jI2IDP8oERth04y1jaLOXMjg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z19jI2IDP8oERth04y1jaLOXMjg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=cJ8kFGieGw8:qmtCEuggKuk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=cJ8kFGieGw8:qmtCEuggKuk:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=cJ8kFGieGw8:qmtCEuggKuk:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=cJ8kFGieGw8:qmtCEuggKuk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=cJ8kFGieGw8:qmtCEuggKuk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?a=cJ8kFGieGw8:qmtCEuggKuk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Motoringfile?i=cJ8kFGieGw8:qmtCEuggKuk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Motoringfile/~4/cJ8kFGieGw8" height="1" width="1"/><br /><br />Читать дальше

While MINIs are our passion, it’s hard not to get excited about a show like Geneva. From the more mundane (but important) debuts such as the Audi A3 to the spectacular Ferrari F12 Geneva had just about everything. MINI showed well with the new Clubvan and the mean looking MINI Countryman JCW. Then there was [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

To put it plainly MINI at Geneva this year is all about the Clubvan and the MINI Countryman JCW. And clearly the JCW CM is the star of the show. In person the car looks lower and meaner than in photos. Specifically the 19″ wheels give the car better proportions and fill out the wheel [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Official Release: With 127,634 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand automobiles delivered worldwide (+14.2% / prev. yr. 111,724), the BMW Group achieved its best-ever February sales result. A total of 239,800 (prev. yr. 216,917) vehicles have been delivered to customers since the start of the year – an increase of +10.5% compared with the same period... (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Last week we gave you a look inside the design process at MINI and then a look at the very icons that make up MINI design. Today we’ve got another piece straight from MINI that goes deeper into the design philosophy at MINI. If any of you have been lucky enough to hear MINI designers [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Photo Courtesy Mark Sullivan Facebook contest, news from Motoringfile and a bit of Ask Chad. Definitely one of the silliest sessions we’ve had in recent memory. We think you’ll like it. Woofcast 416: Download| 48:14 | 22.9mb | WRR @ iTunes | Show Notes (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Official Release: Since December 2010, Anders Warming has held the post of Head of MINI Design. His career path has been the realisation of a childhood dream: Warming never wanted to do anything else but design cars. Barring a short gap, Danish-born Warming has spent his entire professional career with the BMW Group: from DesignworksUSA [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Six years after the limited edition JCW GP, MINI has yet to eclipse the power, prestige and pedigree. Since then, MINI hasn’t produced anything like it. Finished in Italy at Bertone — thanks to unused production capacity of BMW’s C1 scooter — the GP was a limited edition run of just 2000 cars using a [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

We’re experiencing some serious déjà vu here at MotoringFile headquarters. We reported as far back as early 2006 that BMW had plans for the Triumph brand. At the time it was for a two seat roadster based on the MINI platform that never saw the light of day (or did it?). Now AutoCar.co.uk is reporting [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

In the depths of winter MINI USA managed to record almost 5,000 cars sold. Leading the way (and by a big margin) was the R56 MINI hatch with over 2,400 sold. The Countryman came in second with almost 1,300 sold. Interestingly the new MINI Coupe found 254 buyers in February – somewhat surprisingly given the [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше