MINI has put together a decent video celebrating the entire MINI family, from MINI to Clubman, Convertible to Countryman. Many moan that MINI has become a parody under BMW, but the truth is that it’s just become an enormous success with BMW doing what BL tried to do a generation ago – and failed. BL […]
MINI go Rallying: MINI WRC Video
MINI are going rallying with the MINI Countryman in WRC in 2011 and we’ve got video of the MINI WRC in action. ‘Old’ Mini – that’s Mini without all the capital letters – ‘owned’ rallying for a period in the 1960s. Particularly the Monte Carlo Rally, which it won in 1964, 1965 and 1967. Names […]
MINI Countryman Review & Road Test: MINI Countryman Cooper D All4 (2011) Part 3
There’s no doubt that the MINI is all about its handling as well as its style. Does the Countryman still handle like a go-kart, or does its size wreck its nimbleness? There’s no doubt the diesel is going to be the engine of choice in the Countryman. And if you opt for the Cooper D – which […]
MINI Countryman Review & Road Test: MINI Countryman Cooper D All4 (2011) Part 2
In part 2 of our review and road test of the MINI Countryman Cooper D All4 we look at the MINI ‘Style’. Is the Countryman style over substance? It seems incongruous at first, this MINI Countryman. It’s as if BMW has sent their MINI off to beef-up for its new role as a mover of […]
MINI Countryman Review & Road Test: MINI Countryman Cooper D All4 (2011)
We take a week to review & Road Test the MINI Countryman Cooper D All4 – MINI’s take on a butch, crossover MINI. Does the Countryman work, or is it just cynical marketing? We’re not very good at making the most of what we create in Britain. We are pretty good at coming up with ideas and […]
MINI Countryman UK Debut Press Release
NEW MINI COUNTRYMAN MAKES ITS UK DEBUT MINI will launch its latest and largest model, the MINI Countryman, to the UK market on September 18 2010. Countryman will be the fourth member of the MINI family following Hatch, Convertible and Clubman but the first to have four doors, seating for five adults and the first […]
MINI Countryman hits UK +Video
The MINI Countryman hits the UK this month, and MINI has marked that with Countryman Video, Photos and information specific to the UK. To be honest, if we were to cover every MINI as it hits the UK – in addition to reporting its initial reveal – since BMW revived the MINI badge we’d have a whole […]
MINI Countryman goes WRC
MINI, together with David Richard’s Prodrive, are taking the MINI Countryman back in to Rallying with a WRC title inside three years the target. Back when Adam was a lad (as was I, coincidentally) Mini were big in rallying. In fact they wiped the floor with just about everyone else in the ’60s, winning the […]
MINI Canyon in 2012
The MINI rumour for this week is the MINI Canyon, a 2 door MINI Countryman to go head to head with the Range Rover Evoque. What on earth is a MINI Canyon, I hear you ask? You’ll be shocked to know it’s yet another iteration of the ubiquitous MINI, and it’s due to hit our […]
MINI Countryman – a 7 seat version planned?
Are MINI planning a seven seat MPV MINI? According to the latest rumour they are. We have jokingly said that no version of the MINI that can be conceived by BMW’s marketeers would surprise us. But we were wrong. The concept of a seven seat MINI – which is the current MINI rumour – has […]