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 […]
2010 / 2011 MINI Revealed
2010 sees a nip and tweak and new engines for the 2011 MY MINI plus a new range of ‘Design Pack’ options. The MINI has had a terrific run under the ownership of BMW. It’s spawned an unbelievable number of specials and one-offs yet still seems to strike a chord in the hearts of buyers, […]
MINI’s big Porsche competing PR shambles +video
MINI threw down a challenge to Porsche to race at the Atlanta Track. Porsche declined. MINI milked it. And then blew it. So MINI threw down a challenge to Porsche. “Come Race us” they said. “No thanks”, said Porsche. Cue lots of ribbing by MINI’s US boss Jim McDowell – a former Porsche employee, no less […]
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 […]
MINI Moke based on MINI Beachcomber planned?
The rumour-mill believes that MINI are planning a production version of the MINI Beachcomber Concept – a 21st century MINI Moke. I know, in this elf ‘n’ safety obsessed world in which we live the whole idea of a car without doors seems barking mad. But this is MINI we’re talking about here – masters of the […]
MINI E takes on the Nurburgring +video
BMW has taken a lightened MINI E for a blat round the Nurburgring and returned a time of 9m 51.45s and a top speed of 116mph. Roll out the dancing girls. I know, you’re rather more used to us bringing you video of something like the Nissan GT-R tackling the Nurburgring and aiming to clock […]
MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – US bound
The MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – aka MINI JCW WC50 – is heading to the States, with just 50 units crossing the Pond to sell for over $40k. The MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – possibly the longest name yet to adorn a MINI special Edition – was launched last […]
Car April Fools Stuff – to Infiniti & Beyond
A quick round-up of car-oriented April Fools stories from BMW, Infiniti, MINI, the Goodwood Festival of Speed and others. There were so many April Fools stories running around yesterday from car makers we really didn’t want to spend the day regurgitating press releases designed to demonstrate car makers’ normally well-hidden sense of humour. But some were well-conceived so we thought we should bring you a few, […]
BMW: It’s going to be Front Wheel Drive for small cars
BMW has revealed they are developing a new front wheel drive platform for use in the next gen MINI and a range of smaller BMWs. Project i-setta? We’ve had Porsche aficionados bemoaning hybrid cars (the Porsche 918 Spyder really gave them something to moan about) and SUVs; we’ve had the Ferrari Luddites bemoan the hybrid […]
MINI Countryman (2010/2011) – the ‘MTV’ Video
MINI has launched a video for the MINI Countryman. A sort of cross between a car advert and an MTV video. But worth the watch. As you can’t have failed to notice, MINI revealed the MINI Countryman to the world last month and we had a heap of MINI Countryman photos. And despite the fact […]