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MINI Needs the Countryman
It’s no secret that we weren’t crazy about the idea of the MINI Countryman when we first heard about it. The very thought of a MINI SUV was repugnant to most enthusiasts, and still is to some....
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MINI USA Gets in Touch with its Manual Side
Here at MotoringFile, we’ve held one consistent point of view when it comes to manual transmissions in MINIs: they’re a must. Sure, some people need an auto, but they’re sacrificing a lot of the car’s...
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Classic Mini Cut-Away: the Essence of Simplicity
Sometimes it’s the simple things that make a Monday morning tolerable. Like a vintage cut-away drawing of a classic Mini. Enjoy. Via Jon Sibal
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Richard Hammond Loves the Mini
Top Gear UK presenter Richard Hammond featured the Mini Cooper S MkII in his “Hammond’s Icons” series in the September ’11 issue of Top Gear Magazine. Like any self-respecting Englishman, the Hamster...
View ArticleVideo: NYC Coupé Test Drive
A very fun driving video from MINI USA showing off the new Coupé in the cityscape of NYC. Big thanks to db for pointing it out over on dbmini.us. You’re all reading db’s blog, right? RIGHT?
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Rauno Aaltonen’s Accidental Shortcut During Rally Monte Carlo
If you ever get a chance to talk with Mini rally champion Rauno Aaltonen, definitely do so. He’s a wealth of driving knowledge and terrific company. Recently, Rauno sat down with Sympatico’s Matt...
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Video: MINI Canada Celebrates 10 years with “Party Pit Stop”
We’ve been celebrating 10 years of MINI USA over the past week here at MotoringFile, but let’s not forget, it’s MINI’s birthday all over the world. The fine folks at MINI Canada celebrated in fine...
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Unofficial Rendering: Former BMW Designer Pens MINI Zero Concept
Soon we’ll start to see test mules and leaked photos of the F56, the third generation of the new MINI. These will lead up to an official online debut of the car before we see it make the auto show...
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World’s Oldest Unrestored Mini Sells for $65,000
Remember that barn-found, unrestored Mini we told you about a little while ago? Well it finally went to auction and snagged £40,250, or $65,241. Here’s how the auction house described the car: The car...
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Winding Road Ranks MINI Coupe #2 Affordable Car on Involvement Index
Winding Road is currently running a story about small, fun rides that offer driving excitement to rival larger, more expensive sports cars. They’re taking their “Involvement Index” and pulling out the...
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Video: F56 Mule Spotted Testing on the ‘Ring
More and more images of the F56 test mules are popping up around the web every day as MINI gets closer and closer to the final production version of the car. The folks over at Motoring Authority have...
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Video: Watch a 160 hp Classic Mini Attack the Ring
A hot VTEC 4-cylinder motor in a classic Mini is nothing new to most Mini and MINI fans. Nor is one blasting around the Nürburgring. This video, however, is a little different than most of the ones...
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Next Gen MINI three Cylinder Driven
A lot is going to change with the next generation MINI. The aesthetic design of the car will be part evolution and part revolution, and the underlying chassis platform was designed from a blank sheet...
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Video: Teaching Rescued Dogs to Drive a MINI
Here’s a story for dog lovers and MINI fans alike. A New Zealand animal rescue group is using a modified MINI Countryman to do something improbable: teach dogs to drive. The dogs in question are...
View ArticleVideo: A Classic Mini Getting Ready to Race Again
Think your MINI sounds mean? Check out this race-setup classic Mini, “Old Red” taking its first steps forward in nearly 30 years. This car belongs to a chap called Gary Snyder and it looks like he’s...
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City of Houston Tickets MINI …Parked on a Wall
We’ve all gotten a parking ticket before. Chances are though, when the local parking enforcement officer ticketed your MINI, it wasn’t attached to the side of a building. It’s also very likely that...
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Exclusive: MINI USA Launches Paceman Configurator
MINI USA has snuck the new Paceman into the Configurator, but you have to know where to look. Details after the break. To access it, you have to start a configuration on any other MINI model and then...
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Video: MINI JCW GP vs. Mini Busa
This from the UK, Autocar has had a bit of fun pitting the new MINI JCW GP against a bonkers little kit Mini made out of racing bits and half a motorcycle. While one could hardly consider this a...
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Engadget Plugs In to MINI Connected
The MINI Connected system is old news to MINI fans and MotoringFile readers, but for the tech world at large, people are just starting to realize what MINI is up to in this regard. Criticism abound,...
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