Comments for MotoringFile https://www.motoringfile.com/ The worlds largest MINI news, reviews and opinion website. Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:46:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Comment on Was the Wagon-Like F54 MINI Clubman Ahead of Its Time? by mars https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/03/26/was-the-wagon-like-f54-mini-clubman-ahead-of-its-time/#comment-976520 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:31:03 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=80902#comment-976520 In the article you say the clubman is the most compelling mini. I absolutely agree and would even go as far as the most compelling vehicle full stop. I would like to see the clubman come back to replace the 4 door. The perfect line up in my view is a 3 door, Clubman, Aceman and Countryman. Offer the lineup in EV or ICE. If I continue to dream might as well offer a manual in the 3 door JCW.

]]> Comment on The Best MINI Manual Ever? A Deep Dive Into the F56 JCW’s Surprising Getrag 6-Speed by mars https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/03/14/the-best-mini-manual-ever-a-deep-dive-into-the-f56-jcws-surprising-getrag-6-speed/#comment-976432 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:31:39 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=80779#comment-976432 On all the GP3 reviews I’ve seen, it’s the gearbox that was the biggest complaint. The Hyundai i20n often comes across as the hot hatch to beat whe. It comes to driver engagement. I realize most people prefer a dct but I guess I’m not most people. If only mini would come out with a manual/automatic just like Koenigsegg. That’s exciting and innovative. Christian is a genius

]]> Comment on What If JCW Looked Like the Machina? How MINI Could Evolve Its Performance Halo by mars https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/03/09/what-if-jcw-looked-like-the-machina-how-mini-could-evolve-its-performance-halo/#comment-976394 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:21:56 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=80746#comment-976394 I just sure hope they do something. The SUV is quickly killing the hot hatch segment just like it did the wagon. Whenever the media is talking about hot hatches, the JCW is rarely mentioned unless it’s to say how boring and uninteresting they have become. A much lighter, limited edition manual transmission JCW would really pique my interest because I don’t know how many years my 2010 jcw has left. So far every loaner mini I’ve driven has been gladly returned.

]]> Comment on Is JCW Going Soft or Simply Finding the Right Balance? by mars https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/02/03/is-jcw-going-soft-or-are-they-simply-building-what-sells/#comment-976068 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:09:34 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=80477#comment-976068 For me it’s going too mainstream. I miss when they were feral. That’s what put me in a jcw over a golf r. Now the golf r is becoming more appealing and it makes me sad.

]]> Comment on The Forgotten Electric MINI GP That Predicted Today’s EV Performance Problem by mars https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/01/26/the-forgotten-electric-mini-gp-that-predicted-todays-ev-performance-problem/#comment-975698 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:48:46 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=80419#comment-975698 The last great GP car was the gp2. The gp3 missed a few check boxes the prevented greatness. Hope mini will bring some drama back to the JCW and GP future. They have to be more than just a pretty car

]]> Comment on MINI Cooper Is BMW Group’s Second Best-Selling Car in Europe by mars https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/01/23/mini-cooper-sales-make-it-bmw-groups-second-best-selling-car-in-europe/#comment-975697 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:44:30 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=80413#comment-975697 After all these years the mini cooper remains a beautiful small car the delivers copious amounts of smiles per mile yet it rarely gets mentioned in hot hatch conversations. Terribly underrated.

]]> Comment on The Cancelled Alpina MINI: The Luxury MINI That Almost Happened by mars https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/01/20/the-cancelled-alpina-mini-the-luxury-mini-that-almost-happened/#comment-975601 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:09:05 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=80343#comment-975601 That would have been cool. To this day my favorite limited production car is the Rolls Royce Mini. I can’t believe that car made it to production.

]]> Comment on The MINI Clubman’s Last Adventure: Alps, Snow and a Final Goodbye by mars https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/12/02/the-mini-clubmans-last-adventure-alps-snow-and-a-final-goodbye/#comment-975226 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 04:04:48 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=79934#comment-975226 What a magnificent car! I hope it one day makes it back to the mini lineup. I wouldn’t give up my 2010 jcw for nothing but what a 2 car garage it would be if I added a clubman jcw.

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Colicus Jones https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972909 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:58:06 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972909 Yup – if this happened. I’d buy this MINI.

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Colicus Jones https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972908 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:56:51 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972908 In reply to <a href="https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972891">Laugenbrezel</a>.

…. sigh – smh

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Ben https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972907 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:10:10 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972907 Very disappointing that there is no plan to bring an electric Cooper or Aceman to the US. I don’t care for the size or looks of the Countryman. If things don’t change in a few years this Mini fan will, unfortunately, be looking elsewhere. Right now the Rivian R3 looks very appealing.

]]> Comment on Why MINI is Rejecting CarPlay Ultra (and What They’re Doing Instead) by Brad Ackerman https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/05/30/why-mini-is-rejecting-carplay-ultra-and-what-theyre-doing-instead/#comment-972905 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 06:12:09 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77122#comment-972905 I’d like to see CarPlay (and Android Auto) that reliably works rather than regularly not turning on when the car is started (sometimes when I’ve got a call on my hearing aid, sometimes because of the phase of the moon). I don’t know if that’s an Apple or BMW problem.

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Alan Coleman https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972900 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:08:12 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972900 YES! Give me an AWD JCW ICE Aceman! My F60 JCW is Countryman #3 for me. The U25 is just too big and F66 is too small. An Aceman would fit nicely in between. (And a lot of the miles on my F60 have come in areas where phone service is scarce, so charging stations are nearly non-existent. Not ready for a BEV yet.)

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Ess2kay https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972899 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:30:37 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972899 As a person that works in a MINI dealership I can tell you that the demand for a manual transmission has never been greater. MINI needs to stop thinking it knows what the customer wants and actually start offering what the customers want.

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Heiko https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972898 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:13:27 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972898 In reply to <a href="https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972897">Clint Allnach</a>.

The Aceman would need to be uniquely different in the MINI line up for it not to kill off sales of its other models; a standard manual would make sense as you had stated and perhaps hybrid only AWD.

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Clint Allnach https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972897 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:13:00 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972897 Finally some good MINI news. As your article makes the point this is a great idea and very likely the only way MINI survives in North America. As original R60 owner and current 5dr owner this would be my next MINI purchase but I need one thing–A manual transmission. On that topic—-IF MINI is changing plans and looking at a longer ICE lifetime in North America and elsewhere, woulodn’t it make sense to offer the ICE Aceman with a manual and return it to the Hardtop lineup? I think that would be a one-two punch to re-energize MINI interest and therefore sales. Hope they do it!!!!

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by R.Burns https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972896 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:54:58 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972896 The world isn’t ready to trade its freedom of movement for a less-than-relevant environmental gain.
Leaders are beginning to take notice…

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by E https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972893 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:30:27 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972893 I don’t know why E fuels aren’t taking on the next wave of green fuel.
An Aceman with AWD, sign me up.

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Gabriel Bridger https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972892 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:48:18 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972892 In reply to <a href="https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972891">Laugenbrezel</a>.

Wow… don’t shoot the messenger. Especially one that’s been so pro EV since the original 2009 MINI E.

]]> Comment on Why MINI’s Next Big Pivot Could Be a Gas-Powered Aceman by Laugenbrezel https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/02/why-minis-next-big-pivot-could-be-a-gas-powered-aceman/#comment-972891 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:45:53 +0000 https://www.motoringfile.com/?p=77075#comment-972891 How many more glaciers need to collapse and similar “fun” disasters do we need before backwards-articles like these stop getting written?

]]>