Keeping track of automotive brands can be a hassle. There have been so many mergers, divisions, and closings among the car world that it can throw anyone for a loop—even experienced automotive journalists. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering what someone means when they say “the Big Three” or why you’ve heard the name “Stellantis”…
Chilli Red and Fun for the Whole Family: Meet the 2020 Mini Cooper Countryman JCW
Popping in this Chilli Red, this JCW (John Cooper Works) is the fastest gas-powered Mini you can buy Forget ‘mom car’ — I want the fun car that can still handle mom duties, and the Mini is capable of both! This Countryman is the largest Mini Cooper, and when it’s the JCW edition, it’s also…
If You Could Pick One Car, Any Car, as the Best Car in the World…
Which would you choose? That’s exactly what the World Car Awards does, choosing from among the many new cars that are introduced around the world each year. And luckily, we have a voice in that decision. Each year A Girls Guide to Cars writers are invited to drive most of those cars. We evaluate them and…
2017 Mini Cooper S Clubman Review: For Those NOT keeping Up With the Kardashians
If You Love to Drive and Love a Clever Car, Keep Reading. I love clever. Clever intrigues me, delights me, makes me happy. And clever was what hit me the first moment I clicked the key fob to open the driver’s door: the Mini Clubman flashed its logo on the ground outside the driver’s side…
How to Share the Fun: ReachNow with BMW & MINI
Seattle drivers have a new car share option, ReachNow. Zipcar changed the game for urban car ownership, much like Starbucks changed the game for coffee shops. So it’s no surprise that Seattle, Starbuck’s birthplace, just launched a bespoke car sharing option featuring BMW and MINI cars. With Zipcar, you can rent a car for as little as…
MINI Makes the Case for Going Topless at the Jersey Shore
Introducing the 2016 MINI convertible. Nothing says warm weather fun like a convertible. Which is why I was so excited when I was invited to take a drive to the Jersey Shore in the 2016 MINI Convertible. On a beautiful spring day in NYC, I headed to the East Side Ferry Landing to catch the…
2016 MINI Clubman: MINI’s Family Car
A new generation for the MINI When the MINI first launched in the United States in 2002 (with the Cooper and Cooper S hardtop), it changed our view of what a small car could be. The first generation of the Mini Clubman, launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007, featured an extra right-hand door…
From San Francisco to Boston: MINI Takes The States
Cross country roadtrip to celebrate the iconic car. Last summer, Sherlock, a three-year-old, five-pound Yorkie from Indianapolis, and his owner, Lana Trent, drove the St. Louis to Chicago leg of MINI TAKES THE STATES (MTTS). The driving partners were among 4,000 MINI owners from around the world who were traveling along the 5,142-mile route from San…