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Over the years we’ve made it clear how much we adore MINIs on the Dragon as an independent US based MINI event. Arguably the largest MINI event in the US not hosted by MINI USA, MOTD is unique in that it is centered around one road in a vastly rural area. But what a road [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Last year MINI introduced the ultimate JCW at MINI United at Silverstone with the WC50. Short for World Championship 50, the limited edition model includes a unique Connaught green exterior paint job with loads of one-off trim both inside and out. It’s truly the most remarkable looking new MINI we’ve ever seen at MF.Initially we [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

MINI is embracing their past not only with new models and naming conventions but with the models themselves. MINI will be trotting out numerous variants everyone’s small car this year at the Techno Classica. Arguable the world’s greatest classic car show, the Techno Classica takes place in Essen Germany and bring in around 170,000 people [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

A very vintage Top Gear celebrated Mini’s win 1964 at the Monte Carlo Rally way back in 1994. Yes that’s the 30th anniversey complete with 90’s era pop references which we may or may not understand. Regardless it’s a great piece (in two parts) that catelogues exactly why the win was so impressive.Part OnePart Two</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

We survived AMVIV and share a few stories about what happened plus covered the news from MotoringFile like we like to do, and since it’s been about 2 weeks, there is quite a bit of news.It’s event central here at WRR! We have a great interview with our friend Gina Koutros from MINI USA. [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Our friends at Autoblog have what they believe are patent rendering of the final MINI Coupé and Roadster. While they are very close to final they are in reality simply patents of the concept cars shown last September in Frankfurt. Our sourcesWith help from our sources we can exclusively report that these renderings are nothing [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Our sister site BimmerFile has been writing an ongoing series about BMW’s secret concept cars that have stayed deep within the company yet are influencing many future products. Perhaps the most interesting and relevant to the MINI brand is the E1. It started with the Z15, itself an off-shoot of the Z11 small car concept [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

MINI USA is still selling cars as a respectable pace, it’s just not any higher than 2009 at this time. Sales have clearly been helped by the R57 convertible model which, at this time last year, was just filtering into sales channels. The R55 Clubman and R56 hatch were down 4% and 8% respectively for [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Official MINI Press Release: April 1, 2010… MINI, a leader in the manufacturing of customized vehicles in volume, is set to take automobile personalization to a whole new level with a revolutionary paint system that will allow owners to change the exterior color of their vehicle as often as they change their mood.The ground-breaking MINIMagic [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

We’re not running an April Fools story this year because this is as close if not better than what we had planned. And it’s real. According to the witneygazette.co.uk MINI has halted production because of a tooling problem at the Swindon plant. The culprit? They have no more doors. Rest assured the issue should be [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Today the MINI Countryman debuted at the NYC autoshow with little surprise. In fact the only thing we learned today at the show that we didn’t know before was that the full length center rail will not be offered in the US due to regulations. Instead the US market will be getting the two-piece rail [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Today MINI officially takes the wraps off of the Countryman in the US. We don’t have pricing yet (but we have a good idea on that) and we don’t have final specifications but we do have a press release. Look for photos later this week live from the show floor.Official Release: The all new MINI [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

The following report was written by our newest MF contributor Jon Durdick.MINI has received an impressive number of awards since its re-introduction in 2001. Recently Ward Auto announced their 2010 top 40 finalists for interior of the year, on reviewing the list we realized one award that has consistently been missed by MINI is for [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Due to some technical issues we don’t have any photos save for the one later in this article. so if you have AMVIV photos you’d like to share please post a link in the comment section below.Consider this fact. In 2007 (the last time I attended a MINI Vacation i n Vegas – aka AMVIV) [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

We’re going to be bringing the site and the podcast to you live from fabulous Las Vegas over the next few days as we head to into town for MINI Vacation in Vegas (AMVIV). For all those also going, look for us judging the famous AMVIV car show and MC-ing the finale Saturday night.For those [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

As we exclusively reported earlier this year, MTTS is back for 2010. But there’s a lot more we couldn’t tell you until today. First off here’s the official release from MINI USA with some information around dates and locations: This summer MINI Takes the States is meeting in the middle (well kind’a , sort’a [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Last week we told you about BMW’s plans to develop a new family of 3 cylinder engines to reside in both BMW and MINI engine bays. This week BMW has taken the wraps off of that and a much larger project to develop an entire modular engine platform that will include the 3 banger. Automotive [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

You may have noticed that BMW and MINI have done a deep dive into social media as of late. From Youtube to Twitter there are a number of ways that both brands are self-publishing content and creating their own voice. Today BMW is launching the BMW Group View to present ideas and visions that go [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

BMW CEO and board chairman Norbert Reithofer sat down with Autocar yesterday and talked about the prospects of a front wheel drive BMW built off the MINI platform. As we have reported BMW is going ahead with plans to build such a car and have even produced research (80% of 1 series owners already believe [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Every winter we get questions about winter tires. But we never hear from you about summer or performance tires? Luckily this year Brent finally posed the question to us. Thus we have this week’s Ask MF: I’ve got a 2006 MCS JCW with 20,000 miles and am finally ready to get some new summer [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

BMW has a history of producing enormous amounts of parts and sitting them on shelves for many years. However when it comes to accessories long-term availability is something less than a certain thing. And when it comes to a new brand and a new sub-brand within it, you can imagine BMW was relatively safe with [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

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According to a local Washington State TV station BMW and partner SGL are looking at several locations in North America to build a plant specifically for producing carbon fiber material likely for the upcoming iSetta range of cars. According to sources BMW is looking at a location near Moses Lake Washington (US) and an unnamed [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

Earlier this month we told you about the 2011 MINI refresh or LCI (Life Cycle Impulse in BMW-speak) that we expect in September. There will be new colors, a new front an rear bumper design (with additional cooling for brakes) and of course several key changes inside.So what’s changing? Those looking for a radical redesign [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше

The world is changing. Cars are getting bigger batteries while efficiency standards are on the rise worldwide. Through it all BMW has decided to become not only the maker of performance oriented cars but efficient ones as well. Core to that plan is the MINI brand and the future powerplants destined for its next generation [...]</img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> Читать дальше