MINI has started the tease for the most powerful Countryman – the MINI Countryman JCW – which will debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. It’s not exactly a surprise that the MINI Countryman JCW is on the way. After all, MINI will never knowingly miss a niche sale, so producing a John Cooper Works […]
MINI Yours: MINI customisation kicks off with MINI Avenue
MINI launches the MINI Yours customisation programme with a new Prêt-à-Porter custom MINI – the MINI Avenue. We already know that MINI seems to launch more limited editions every year than the whole of the rest of the car industry. But now they’re going a step further with a customisation programme called ‘MINI Yours’, and an off-the-peg version […]
New MINI Roadster: Istanbul Video
The production version of the new MINI Roadster was officially revealed at the weekend with a huge photo gallery, and we now get video of the Roadster in Istanbul. Hold the front page! The MINI Roadster moves. Sunday morning saw the release of a raft of information on the new MINI Roadster – which will arrive in […]
MINI Roadster: Official Pictures, Prices & Specs
With the MINI Roadster due in Spring 2012, we have over 200 official Roadster photos, Specifications and UK prices. Starts at £18,015. With the MINI Coupe hitting the roads just about now, next in line for MINI is the MINI Roadster, with the soft-top, two-seat MINI due to hit UK showrooms in the Spring. As […]
MINI to launch in India early 2012
With almost every other territory already having the MINI on sale, BMW is to cover one of the last markets for MINI with a MINI launch in India in early 2012. For some reason, we assumed that the MINI was already sold in India. But it isn’t. But from early 2012 you’ll be able to pop down […]
MINI Cooper S under investigation in U.S. over fires
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the MINI Cooper S over reports of fires in 2007-2008 cars. The MINI has been a big success in the US, and an even bigger success when you consider the American penchant for cars the size of a small aircraft carrier. And one of the favourite MINIs in the US is the […]
MINI London 2012 Edition launches to celebrate Olympic Games
MINI has launched a Special Edition to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games. Available in Red, White or Blue, the MINI London is limited to 2012 cars. The launch of the MINI London 2012 Edition to celebrate the Olympic Games neatly pulls together two of MINI’s marketing tactics; shove out as many limited edition models as […]
MINI Soho: MINI’s next ‘London’ Limited Edition
MINI has revealed their latest ‘London’ Limited Edition – The MINI Soho – available as the SOHO Cooper Hatch and Soho Cooper Convertible. In case you’d forgotten, MINI decided earlier this year that all their Limited Edition would be named after London Boroughs, districts and landmarks. Hence the new Limited Edition MINI arrival gets the […]
MINI Traveller set to return
MINI are planning on building a modern four-door MINI Traveller, essentially a MINI Countryman without the SUV aspirations. You’d forgotten about the MINI Traveller, hadn’t you? Or maybe, as we foolishly did, you assumed that as the Countryman and Traveller were the same thing MINI would leave the Traveller moniker in the history books. No chance. […]
First MINI Coupé rolls off the production line
BMW announces that the first MINI Coupe has rolled off the production line at Cowley. First customer cars in UK due October. We’ve only recently had the reveal of the new MINI Coupe – well, the production car reveal, that is. We had the first reveal of the MINI Coupe Concept nearly two years ago and, despite the production […]