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Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat. March 23, 2024

Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sun...

Was MINI Unsustainable From The Beginning?

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MotoringFile posits that MINI was unsustainable from its inception in 2001 and that BMW's announcement that BMW and MINI will share the front-wheel drive platform is BMW's admission of such unsustainability. It also believes that sharing of platforms will be good for MINI and will likely bring about hybrid drivetrains, dual clutch transmissions and all wheel drive in MINIs. MotoringFile's major concern is whether MINI will lose the "soul that has made MINI always feel so unique."