MINI decided the best way to prove the new MINI Electric wasn’t just an urban EV was to drive it from Munich to Frankfurt with a single recharge on the way. The MINI Electric was revealed in July – although it’s the MINI Cooper SE outside the UK – as MINI finally returned to electric […]
David Brown Automotive’s Mini Remastered Oselli Edition is a £100k reborn Mini
David Brown Automotive, purveyors of remastered classics, delivers a new performance take on their Mini Remastered – the Mini Remastered Oselli Edition. David Brown Automotive started off by taking the underpinnings of a Jaguar XK and clothing them in Aston Martin inspired panels to create a car – the Speedback GT – which looks like […]
Thinking of buying a new MINI? You should get this instead.
A 1968 Mk1 Morris Minor-Mini Super De Luxe with just 271 miles from new – and still with its plastic seat covers – is up for sale. The last ‘new’ Mini Mk1? The Mini/MINI turned 60 years old last month and, although the current MINI bears little resemblance to the original 1959 Mini, it continues […]
The Mini is 60 years old today – 26 August 2019
It’s 60 years ago today that Alec Issigonis’ Mini was first revealed, changing the car world for ever with its innovative design and compact dimensions. Happy Birthday Mini. It’s easy to forget, exactly 60 years on from the day the Mini was first revealed, just how innovative it was. Not only did Alec Issigonis’ Mini […]
MINI ELECTRIC has 45,000 orders ahead of production start
The recently revealed MINI Electric – MINI Cooper SE in Europe – has already garnered more than 45,000 orders since it was announced in July. MINI has been playing with an electric version for a very long time, but now we’re about to see a proper electric MINI you can actually buy. Revealed last month, […]
MINI celebrates the 10 MILLIONTH MINI (although over half were ‘Minis’)
The 10 Millionth MINI has rolled off the production line in MINI’s 60th year of production, with almost half the 10 million the BMW MINI. It’s 60 years since the Mini launched as Alec Alec Issigonis’ revolutionary design re-defined what a small car could be. By a happy coincidence, MINI production has also hit a […]
Is the MINI Rocketman – the ‘Mini’ MINI – finally heading for production as an EV?
The MINI Rocketman arrived as a compact MINI Concept back in 2011, and reports are it’s now going to go in to production in China. It’s not exactly hard to work out that the current generation of the MINI is absolutely huge compared to the Alec Issigonis original Mini. And don’t get us started on […]
It’s the MINI ELECTRIC – Modest Price, Modest Range
The MINI Electric is revealed as BMW finally gets an electric MINI ready to go, with a relatively modest price and an equally modest range. We had a tease last month for the ELECTRIC Mini Cooper S E as BMW finally gets round to delivering what should be the perfect urban runaround. And here its […]
ELECTRIC Mini Cooper S E Teased ahead of reveal next month
The electric MINI Cooper SE is teased ahead of a reveal in July, the first proper production electric MINI as BMW rolls down the EV road. It’s getting on for two years since the MINI Electric Concept was revealed ahead of the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show but now, finally, MINI is close to debuting the […]
MINI John Cooper Works Clubman and JCW Countryman now with 302bhp
MINI has overhauled the John Cooper Works Countryman and Clubman models for 2019, including a huge power hike to 302bhp. The MINI John Cooper Works Clubman Estate and John Cooper Works Countryman SUV have been overhauled for 2019, but it’s a bit more than the usual new bumpers, new wheels, new lights and a bit […]