MINI Cooper Cabrio Colors

Not quite sure if these colors are final but if the Cabrio section on MINI.com is any judge there may be some disappointment in regards to colors offered for the new soft...

The MINI Cabrio Luggage

This June MINI will be releasing another set of luggage, this time designed for the Cabrio. We've obtained some photos which do both a good job of showing off the newly designed...

The True Story Behind the MINI's Exhaust Tip

As many of you probably know there’s an interesting story behind the MINI’s exhaust tip and why it looks like it does. This story was originally posted last year (and has been...

An Official MINI Glovebox Organizer?

As many of you know one of the weak spots of the MINI interior design is the glove box. The way it's shaped there's not a whole lot of space to actually...

The MINI Transformer… Sorta

Okay – this may not be real but it's one heck of a fake. It's also a great story: “I first had the vision to build a robot while working as an...

GM Goes After MINI Buyers with The Nomad

This excerpt comes from an article about the the Detroit Free Press and is about new GM small car platform and specifically the new Chevy Nomad: “A leading candidate for production is...

Size Doesn't Always Equal Safety

Here's yet another MINI related article over at CNN/Money. This time about overall safety of small cars. Here's an excerpt: …The Mini Cooper is one of several models that earned a Best...

Let There be Chrome

The best cosmetic mod I've made recently has to be the oem MINI chrome mirrors. They work very well with the chrome grille (and chrome line trim on the Cooper) and they...

Score One for the Little Guys

Here are some excerpts from another MINI related article about the resurgence of small cars in the US, this time from CNN/Money: These little underdogs will hardly make the SUV obsolete. Yet...

A Slightly Smaller MINI Cabrio

Here's a MINI related excerpt from today's New York Times. The story is about small scale models how they are produced and designed: 'Rob Mitchell, the director of corporate communications for BMW...