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May 20, 2013

MINI Countryman to be built in India

Photo MINI Countryman and Elephant India

BMW has revealed that, a year after sales of the MINI started in India, production of the MINI Countryman will commence in Chennai later in 2013. Whatever you may think of the plethora of MINI spin-offs since BMW grabbed MINI more than a  decade ago, no one can deny that the Germans have had even more success with [...]

All-new MINI dashboard goes mainstream (spy photo)

MINI 3 Dashboard spy photo

The all-new MINI – the third generation of the new MINI – is due later in 2013 and will be getting a more mainstream dashboard. Whatever you may think of the ‘new’ MINI – the one BMW make – it’s been a huge success. And it’s been a huge success because it’s managed to evoke [...]

MINI Paceman: Price from £18,970

Photo white MINI Paceman

The MINI Paceman – the MINI Countryman Coupe – will be available in the UK from £18,970 with a choice of petrol or diesel engines, FWD or 4WD. Many think the MINI Paceman a step too far for MINI, but the success of the MINI Countryman – with its almost cartoon-like proportions in comparison to [...]

MINI celebrates 100 years of car production in Oxford

Car Production Oxford 1950s photo

MINI will be celebrating a century of car production in Oxford on 28th March 2013, 100 years since the first Bullnose Morris Oxford was produced. If you think of Oxford you think of Oxford University (or maybe Inspector Morse and his Mk II Jag if you only think ‘Petrol’) as defining the City. But actually, [...]

MINI John Cooper Works Countryman ALL4 Dakar Limited Edition

MINI John Cooper Works Countryman ALL4 Dakar picture

It’s another MINI limited edition model – the MINI John Cooper Works Countryman ALL4 Dakar – this time to celebrate MINI’s Dakar successes. We all know MINI loves a special edition, and it’s got to the point where there seem to be more ‘special edition’ and ‘limited edition’ MINI’s rolling out of showrooms than the bog standard [...]

MINI Clubman Bond Street: It’s another MINI Special Edition

MINi Clubman Bond Street image

The MINI Clubman Bond Street, named after London’s Bond Street Shopping district, has been revealed ahead of a Geneva 2013 debut. MINI has been slacking of late on the ‘Special Edition’ front – it’s a whole four months since we saw the MINI London 2012 Edition - but with a new year comes a new MINI special [...]

MINI John Cooper Works Paceman: The hot MINI Countryman Coupe arrives

Photo MINI John Cooper Works Paceman

The new MINI Paceman has been given a range-topping model in the guise of the 140mph MINI John Cooper Works Paceman. Debuts at Detroit 2013. Is the MINI Paceman a niche too far for MINI? Perhaps. But the new MINI John Cooper Works Paceman – which will debut at the 2013 Detroit Motor Show in January – [...]

2013 MINI Countryman gets a tweak

Photo of red 2013 MINI Countryman

Two years on from launch the MINI Countryman is getting a few tweaks for 2013 – but they don’t amount to much. We still struggle with the MINI Countryman visually – especially if it’s parked next to a regular MINI – but it is a pretty able car and actually quite appealing (as we discovered [...]

New MINI Paceman highlighted on video

photo of New MINI Paceman video

With the production version of the MINI Paceman now revealed, MINI has produced a couple of videos to show off its new Coupe. The new MINI Paceman, the Coupe version of the MINI Countryman and MINI’s answer to the Range Rover Evoque, was revealed earlier this week before heading off to thye 2012 Paris Motor Show. And [...]

MINI Paceman: Official

Photo of the production 2013 MINI Paceman

The production version of the MINI Paceman – the Countryman Coupe – has been revealed ahead of the Paris Motor Show. The MINI Paceman arrived at the Detroit Motor Show in 2011 as a concept, but it was clear, even then, that MINI wouldn’t be able to resist building the Countryman Coupe as a cheaper [...]