The MINI Clubman – MINI’s estate – gets a facelift for 2019 and debuts at the Shanghai Motor Show. But the updates are tough to spot. We’re not entirely sure you can call the tiny tweaks MINI has wrought to the 2019 Clubman Estate a facelift – they’re more of a lunchtime non-surgical tweak than […]
Swind E Classic Mini – It’s an ELECTRIC Classic Mini for £79k
British Technology company Swind has take the classic Mini and turned it in to the Swind E Classic Mini, with electric powertrain and a £79,000 price tag. Some classic Minis can now fetch serious money, and some companies – like David Brown – have ‘remastered’ the Mini to make it modern without losing the essence of […]
New MINI 60 Years Edition celebrates 60 years of Mini / MINI
New MINI Cooper S 60 Years Edition arrives to celebrate 60 years of the Mini / MINI Brand, with just 500 units in British Racing Green. We’re not entirely sure that Alec Issigonis would recognise today’s MINI as the descendant of the little urban runaround he created in the 1950s, but whether today’s MINI is a […]
MINI John Cooper Works BACK from its WLTP sojourn
Production he MINI John Cooper Works had to be temporarily halted earlier this year as it fell foul of WLTP emission testing, but it’s back for 2019. The WLTP tests for car emissions and economy, which came in to force in September, has impacted on many car makers as they failed to get their cars ready […]
MINI Pepper Pack and Chili Pack DROPPED for MINI Classic, Sport and Exclusive trim levels
The MINI range is dropping the familiar add-on Chili and Pepper Packs as MINI offers trim levels for the first time in the UK – Classic, Sport and Exclusive. If you’re a long time MINI buyer, you’ll know your way round picking an engine and getting the spec it delivers, and adding on stuff like Chili […]
Paul McCartney’s 1965 Morris Mini Cooper S De Ville SELLS for £183,000
Sir Paul McCartney’s 1965 Mini Cooper S De Ville – one of four special Minis gifted to the Beatles – sells for £183,000 in auction. Last month we reported Paul McCartney’s 1965 Morris Mini Cooper S De Ville was going up for auction in the US, and expected to make over £100k. In fact, the ex-Beatle’s […]
Paul McCartney’s 1965 Mini Cooper S DeVille up for grabs
A 1965 Mini Cooper S DeVille by Radford is hitting the auction block in the US, the second of the four ‘Beatle Minis’ to be offered for sale in the last year. When Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ manager, wanted to say a special thank you to the Fab Four, he bought them each a special customised […]
New MINI Clubman City is MINI’s pitch to FLEET buyers
The MINI Clubman City arrives as an entry-level Clubman aimed at business and fleet buyers, with low emissions, low BIK and a business focused spec. The MINi Clubman, the MINI estate, is a proper lifestyle car, interested more in coaxing MINI owners to stick with the brand when they grow up and have children. And it […]
MINI 25th Anniversary Convertible celebrates 25 years of drop-top Minis
The MINI 25th Anniversary Convertible arrives as a special edition MINI convertible to celebrate 25 years since the first Mini Cabriolet arrived. Just 300 units priced at £32,995. The once weekly arrival of a new MINI special Edition model has slowed to a bit of a trickle since the latest MINI arrived, but the 25th anniversary […]
BMW reveals the ELECTRIC MINI – but it’s not what you’d expect
BMW has revealed the electric Mini in New York, but this electric Mini is a classic Mini complete with an electric powertrain. Perhaps the perfect urban EV? Update: After a bit of digging we’ve discovered just how petite the electric powertrain of this classic Mini is. Just 38bhp from its electric motor powered by 30 […]