David Brown Automotive reveals a new limited edition Mini Remastered – the Marshall edition – to celebrate 60 years of Marshall Amplification. Even when you’re creating ‘new’ Minis from old Minis, charging £100k apiece and with modest production numbers, it seems a ‘special edition’ model is still a metal-shifter for David Brown Automotive. Having only […]
MINI Resolute, Untold and Untamed are MINI’s latest ‘Special Edition’ models
MINI reveals three new special edition models – Resolute, Untamed and Untold – for MINI Hatch, MINI Cluibman and MINI Countryman. It’s been at least three months since we had a new ‘Special Edition’ MINI, so another one must be due, mustn’t it? Well, if you’ve been waiting with bated breath to dash off to […]
MINI Recharged: OFFICIAL MINI Electric Conversions for the Classic Mini
MINI Recharged is launched to deliver official MINI conversions for the Classic Mini, built from 1959-2000, with 121bhp electric motor. Carmakers are rushing headlong into EVs to satisfy demands imposed by legislators across the globe – rather than real consumer demand – and we’re heading quickly down the road to zero sales of ICE cars […]
New MINI Hatch SPIED undisguised in China
Photos of the next generation MINI Hatch have appeared across social media, showing an evolutionary front and radical rear treatment for the new MINI. It was only last month that MINI revealed the first photos of the compact three-door MINI hatch heading for production, but, as you’d expect, it was suitably camouflaged to hide details, […]
THIS is the first look at the 2023 MINI as MINI outlines its ICE and EV plans
MINI reveals the 2023 MINI – suitably disguised – as it outlines its plans for ICE and EV models to come, and new MINi variants too. It may seem a bit soon to be revealing the 2023 MINI 3-door Hatch (above), but MINI is keen we know it has plans in place to move the […]
MINI Shadow Edition now on the whole MINI range as MINI banks on ‘Black’ to sell
MINI extends the Shadow Edition offerings to cover the entire MINI range, offering a ‘Black’ theme with added specifications. It’s no secret that MINI thrives on ‘Special Edition’ models to make sales, and one of the most recent offerings was the MINI Shadow Edition (a MINI ‘Black’ by another name) offered on the MINI Clubman […]
MINI STRIP: a MINI Electric stripped-down by designer Sir Paul Smith
MINI teams up with designer Paul Smith to build the MINI STRIP, a stripped-down MINI Electric with just the basics left. We all know MINI likes a ‘special’ or two to keep punters interested, but this MINI special – the MINI STRIP – is a bit different and really quite interesting, although it’s a one-off […]
MINI planning to be the first officially DOG-FRIENDLY car retailer by 2022
MINI partners with the Dogs Trust as it aims to make MINI dog-friendly and become the first officially dog-friendly car retailer. We’ve seen car makers try to reach out to dog-owning car buyers to tick boxes that floats boats for dog-lovers and coax them into their brand for a long time. Land Rover has made […]
New MINI JCW Anniversary Edition celebrates 60 years of Mini Cooper
The MINI John Cooper Works Anniversary Edition arrives to celebrate 60 years since John Cooper first ‘Cooper-fied’ the original Mini. The original Sir Alec Issigonis Mini arrived in 1959 and was pretty much a classless icon from the start, and it caught the eye of John Cooper who saw its potential to be more of […]
Turn your Classic Mini in to an EV with Nissan LEAF bits – for £30k
London Electric Cars will turn your classic Mini into an electric Mini with used bits from a Nissan LEAF from £30k. Back in 2018, we reported on the arrival of an electric conversion for the classic Morris Minor from London Electric Cars (LEC) which, at just £10k, seemed a great way to have a little […]