BMW has announced that its new Electric MINI will be built in the UK, at MINI’s Cowley Plant, with drivetrains built in Germany. Just as there has been with Nissan, BMW has been slow to confirm production of the new electric MINI in the UK, with fears Brexit will cause issues with tariffs on imports. […]
This 1978 British Leyland Mini Van cost £50,000 to restore – and it’s up for grabs
This 1978 British Leyland Mini Van has been restored at a cost of more than £50,000 and it’s now going under the hammer at Coys with an estimate of £15-20k. There was a time when small businesses, and hard-up families, considered the Mini Van – the original Mini Traveller but without back windows and back […]
MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 plug-in Hybrid UK debut at Goodwood FoS
The MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 – MINI’s first plug-in hybrid – is already on sale and will get its UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It’s two months since the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 was revealed as the first MINI with a plug-in hybrid powertrain, and it went on sale in […]
MINI Countryman gets its own bespoke AirTop Roof Tent for ‘Spontaneous’ travellers
Autohome has produced an AirTop Roof Tent for the MINI Countryman – in conjunction with MINI – for adventurers prone to spontaneous adventures in their MINI. MINI has a bit of a history with ‘Camping Solutions’ for their owners, but they’ve not always been serious intentions. Back in 2012, MINI used the idea of a […]
MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 – the plug-in hybrid MINI – costs from £31,585
The MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 – MINI’s first plug-on hybrid – goes on sale in the UK priced from £31,585 and official economy of 134.5mpg. The 2017 MINI Countryman arrived in October as an even bigger MINI and hoping to take on the small premium SUV market with its own brand of quirkiness. That […]
2017 MINI Countryman JCW arrives with 228bhp – enough for a brisk sprint
[nggallery id=2430 template=customlinks] The 2017 MINI Countryman John Cooper Works arrives ahead of a a debut at the Shanghai Motor Show sporting 228bhp and 4WD. The new MINI Countryman arrived last autumn as the second generation of a car even MINI’s not entirely sure buyers understand. And now we get the latest iteration of a car […]
2017 MINI Countryman arrives – a bigger, better looking Countryman from £22,465
The new 2017 MINi Countryman has been revealed ahead of an LA debut, with improved looks, improved tech, a plug-in hybrid and prices from £22,465. We’ve known for some time that the 2017 MINI Countryman would debut this year, and here it is ahead of its LA Motor Show debut as a bigger, cleaner, cleverer […]
2017 MINI Countryman Plug-in Hybrid teased ahead of launch
Ahead of the debut of the new 2017 MINI Countryman, MINI tease the new version of their biggest model with a new hybrid plug-in Countryman. We’ve known for some time that the new MINI Countryman would launch in 2016 (especially as MINI has stopped building the current Countryman), we’re just a bit surprised it didn’t […]
MINI John Cooper Works Clubman arrives – perfect for moving small sheds quickly (+ MINI JCW Clubman video)
The MINI John Cooper Works Clubman – a go-faster MINI Estate – arrives ahead of a Paris Motor Show. Already on sale at MINI’s UK dealers. MINI may be reducing their range of offerings by disposing of rather unfortunate iterations like the Paceman, but here’s a new MINI with a demographic which must be very […]
MINI John Cooper Works Challenge – a £32k JCW Special just for the UK
[nggallery id=2365 template=customlinks] The MINI John Cooper Works Challenge is a track-focused, road-legal MINI JCW Special just for the UK, costing £32,000 and debuting at Goodwood. The MINI John Cooper Works Challenge is revealed ahead of a public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed later this month as a run of 100 track-focused, but road-legal, […]