White Roof Radio - The MINI Cooper Podcast

Happy New year White Roof! Gabe and I talking about Minis and all kinds of cool stuff this week. Links below, as usual.
I've made a few updates to the site, you should [click over](https://whiteroofradio.com) and check it out. I've also decided White Roof Radio will be returning to monthly episodes. If we can't record, you'll get a best of from our catalog of over 1,000 audio recordings.
https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/01/08/2028-mini-cooper-f66-lci-preview-design-revisions-the-manual-returns/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/01/17/2026-mini-cooper-buying-guide-pricing-trims-and-what-to-buy/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/01/20/the-cancelled-alpina-mini-the-luxury-mini-that-almost-happened/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/01/21/mini-paul-smith-edition-spotted-in-london-first-real-world-photos/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/12/26/2025-rewind-the-radical-deus-ex-machina-mini-concepts/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/12/23/driven-the-electric-mini-cooper-jcw-j01-vs-petrol-f66-jcw/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/12/17/eu-drops-2035-ice-ban-how-it-might-effect-future-minis/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2026/01/31/mini-is-going-rally-racing-in-the-u-s-for-2026-and-it-all-starts-next-weekend/

As previously discussed during White Roof Radio 702, here is where we started with the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Recorded 20 years ago! Enjoy!

Starting off strong with some throw backs, some soapbox talking OMG did you see the Super Lagera video? And, did you already catch Black Roof? Yea, Woofcast 21 will be in the feed later this week too.
Nice to get to use the news music this week too. Just be sure to keep up with everything happening at MotoringFile.com. And, as we near the crazy season, don't forget any of the friends of the show; MotoringStripes, Detroit Tuned, OutMotoring.com and CravenSpeed.
This week's sponsor is me. Are you L&D or work with Elevenlabs and Powerpoint? Do you need to work with Elevenlabs with Powerpoint? I would like to introduce you to Voxsmith. I've worked really hard on it and will be expecting to ship it in December.
Show Links
Super Lagera
Super Lagera Video
MINI Quality
Deus Ex Machina Concepts With Holger Hampf
How Leaving F1 And Launching The MINI E Made BMW An EV Leader
The 2026 MINI Cooper Paul Smith Edition -- MINI's Biggest Special Edition Ever

Episode 701 turns our clock, officially, on 20 years. That's pretty cool! Anyway, Odd shaped show this week. So odd, I'm going to recommend that you also listen to Black Roof on this one. I also included the link to the feed, so you can get them in your podcast app, automatically. For FREE!
The latest from MotoringFile, like we like to do. All of the links are below, but make sure you click over to the mod post and chime in. Or, the comments here. They are open.
Motoringfile.com Links
https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/07/16/mini-usa-is-preparing-for-tariffs-with-2026-pricing-tweaks/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/07/23/why-the-r56-mini-jcw-gp-might-be-the-ultimate-mini-ever/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/07/24/2026-mini-countryman-a-complete-u-s-buyers-guide/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2020/06/20/the-lost-jcw-gp-the-r58-jcw-gp-coupe/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/06/22/mini-places-p2-in-the-nurburgring-24-hours-developing/
https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/07/18/our-favorite-mini-mods-that-actually-make-a-difference/

The 700th meeting under the White Roof has us leading off talking about poking. Who knew that was still a thing? Silliness completed, we jumped right into news from MotoringFile with a reminder about the fanciest MINI ever produced, the MINI Goodwood, before jumping into the rest of the news, stories linked below!
If you missed this years MINIs on the Dragon, don’t do that again! Luckily for us, Chad took Detroit Tuned this year and tells us all about.
You know we record the pre-show, right? And we make it available to you for free! Click over to blackroofradio.com to download. The hot tip is to use the RSS feed in your podcast app.
Motoringfile Links
MINI Goodwood: –https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/05/05/what-happens-when-mini-meets-rolls-royce-a-52000-experiment-in-restraint/
Paddleshift gate updates: –https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/02/05/exclusive-mini-to-bring-shift-paddles-back-to-the-countryman-s/
–https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/05/07/exclusive-mini-usa-to-add-jcw-trim-and-shift-paddles-to-the-2026-cooper-and-cooper-s/
Special Edition 2000 GT: –https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/02/10/exclusive-mini-cooper-2000-gt-special-edition-coming-later-this-year/
Key Fob: –https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/02/11/mini-to-offer-a-single-key-fob-on-all-new-cars/
Oxford Edition coming back: –https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/02/22/official-miniusa-is-bringing-back-the-oxford-edition-for-2025-here-are-the-details/
RWD for electric: –https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/02/26/minis-big-shift-how-rear-wheel-drive-could-transform-future-electric-models/
Offroad MINI: –https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/05/12/minis-off-road-history-may-finally-be-coming-to-showrooms/
2006 R53 the best MINI: –https://www.motoringfile.com/2025/05/12/minis-off-road-history-may-finally-be-coming-to-showrooms/