Just about everyone in the auto industry is in Motown for the Detroit auto show, showing off all that is shiny and good and oh-so-eco-friendly with electric this and plug-in that. And what does Mini ...

That sort of oddball naming convention lives on in the 21 st Century, with high-tech-sounding suffixes like “–tronic” and “–matic” continuing to abound and confound, particularly among upscale ...

Automakers not only strive to develop new gizmos and gadgets to capture the hearts and minds of new-car buyers, they love to create intriguing names for what are otherwise relatively mundane ...

Easily the biggest gimmick on the new MINI convertible models is the Openometer. The what? Well, the Openometer is a gauge just like all the other gauges you might find on a car’s dash, but on the ...

This, the automaker said, records the time spent by the owner driving with the top down, “meaning passengers can measure their visual coolness inside, even if it’s cold outside.” In other respects, ...

Buyers of BMW's latest second-generation MINI convertible will have yet another unusual offering to tick on the options list, in the shape of the Openometer. A new pod sitting next to the rev counter, ...

View post: Amazon Has a 'Very Absorbent' Oil Spill Mat on Sale for Just $9 Ever wonder what possible use the Openometer could have? The tiny dashboard gauge is found only in the Mini convertible and ...