MINI News and Articles

Mini 2014 Roadster Cooper S spoiler is stuck in upright position after going thrust carwash. Had washed it many times w/o issue and now dealer wants to charge $1500 for repair..can’t stop gong noise..as been said in the past, the gong is nerve wracking

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Vini S. Cooper is about to turn five, or about seventeen in car years. He's racked up 70,000 miles and certainly seen his share of the country. His birthday is December 10th; I know this because his build date is engraved on his Whalen shift knob. Is that weird? Maybe, but I've always treated...

Motoring Alliance was invited to the “MINI Social” in New York to preview the new GP3 JCW Concepts car, Classic Mini Electric concept, MINI Electric Prototype and spend time with the MINI John Cooper Works Racing team operated by LAP Motorsports.

Allow me some words from atop the soapbox, figure somewhere around 1,000, give or take. You no doubt read Brian Morgan's feature on a recent Tire Rack Teen Street Survival Program, held in northern New Jersey for the children of BMW and MINI employees. You no doubt said to yourself, “Wow, that...

My first automotive love was a 1986 325. Okay, that's a lie. My first automotive love was a pedal-powered KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) that talked to me as I propelled it around the poles in my basement. Our gravel driveway and the idea of me on the road with actual cars at the age of...

It takes a lot to spin a Mini. Even on a skid pad, which is not much fun in a Mini, I had to use the e-brake just to get a decent slide, only to have it die in a lame whimper of piggish understeer. I could blame that on the handling characteristics of a front-wheel-drive car with most of its...

Don't call my car cute. I promise you wouldn't like me when I'm angry – all 160 pounds of scrawny rage coming right at you; I'm wily and ready to fiercely defend Vini S. Cooper's honor. I've seen lots of Van Damme films, and I'm pretty sure I'd connect with some deft maneuvers. Plus, calling my...

By the time you read this, the 2008 New York International Auto Show will be a distant memory, and its novelties will be mainstream. You have probably seen or test driven an M3 or the popular 1 series. The Nissan GT-R has probably severely whooped its competition in even more track tests. You've...

Vini S. Cooper is about to turn five, or about seventeen in car years. He's racked up 70,000 miles and certainly seen his share of the country. His birthday is December 10th; I know this because his build date is engraved on his Whalen shift knob. Is that weird? Maybe, but I've always treated...

We, the automotively enthusiastic, are a funny species. We do things that make others scratch their heads, roll their eyes, and generally question our sanity. “Car people” have trouble communicating with the normal masses because we look at the world through a different lens. We are car people....

Do you know that my family has not once recognized its favorite educator during teacher appreciation week? It's mildly offensive, I'd say, but I trudge on in a thankless profession, molding young minds while sacrificing the monetary demands necessary to be up on everything my Mini (Vini) needs....