Mar 31st, 2007
March 28, 2007: The second season of the North American MINI Cooper Championship (NAMCC) got underway under perfect weather conditions at Spring Mountain Raceway in Pahrump, NV near Las Vegas, on Friday March 23rd. Two rounds of the championship were contested with a special appearance by the 2006 British MINI Challenge Series Champion, Gareth Nixon taking on the U.S. counterparts for this race as part of his season-ending championship prize.
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Mar 30th, 2007
We’ve gt a special MF Video Friday for you this week. With MINI United 2007 coming up quickly, we thought a look back to MINI United 2005 was in order. So with that in mind, we dug up the official video created by MINI awhile back that gives a great overview of the event. But be warned, you’ll want to buy a plane ticket for MINI United 2007 immediately after viewing…
[ MINI United 2005 ] MINI.com
Mar 30th, 2007
Go vote for the MINI! It’s currently losing in it’s round with the Nissan 350z.
Mar 30th, 2007
Pete Foglia and his tuning shop MIN Speed (formerly MyMINI) are featured in this week’s issue of Autoweek. Pete (for years one of our favorite people in the MINI world) talks mods, how the shop got started, and one of his latest project cars. Here’s an excerpt:
Peter Foglia guessed, and he guessed wrong. He figured that his South Florida Mini-only store, Minspeed, would sell a lot of aftermarket parts to owners of regular Coopers, because, after all, by not buying the pricier Cooper S, they’d have more to spend on personalizing their cars.
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Mar 29th, 2007
We recently heard from one of our always reliable sources that initial MINI Clubman production will be made up solely of One and Cooper models. We have yet to confirm this bit of new info but a staggered introduction wouldn’t be too surprising considering the logistical issues with introducing an entirely new model. Regardless of what model gets produced when, we can expect production to begin during the first week of August. According to our source, Cooper S and Diesel Clubmans should start production in December of 2007.
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Mar 29th, 2007
Go vote for the MINI! It’s currently losing winning in it’s round with the lowly Nissan Altima.
Mar 29th, 2007
“MINI The Book” looks like it’s now officially available at Amazon. A highly recommended addition to any MINI owner’s coffee table.
[ MINI The Book ] Amazon
