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Global MINI Sales Down 34.5% in January
BMW Group Release: For January 10,120 (prev.yr.: 15,457 / -34,5%) customers bought a MINI brand vehicle. The MINI sales reduction was in part due to the lack of availability of the MINI...
You Build It: The Cheapest MINI You’d Buy
Yesterday we asked the question; how high can you go in building a US spec MINI. Today we’re asking the what is almost the opposite. How little could you put on a...
You Build it: Most Expensive US Spec MINI
There’s been a lot of talk recently in the MF comment section about how pricey MINIs have become lately. Even in the US where they have traditionally been relatively cheap, MINI USA...
5th Gear: VW Scirocco vs MCS Dogfight
That other British automotive show recently took the latest VW Scirocco to the track to a straight-up fight against the stock MINI Cooper S. The result is incredibly close. Take a look...
MINI USA Sales Down 15.5% for January
Official Press Release: MINI USA reported sales of 2,082 automobiles, down 15.4 percent from the 2,460 cars sold in January 2008. “Consumers really are keeping their heads inside their shells this month,”...
MINI Releases JCW Tuning & Aero Kit for the Convertible & Clubman
MINI will be offering a range of new JCW accessories throughout the year. First up will be a couple new sets of black 18″ JCW wheels. But the big news comes later...
Chris Bangle Retires From the BMW Group
[pictobrowser motoringfile 72157613312229396] For students of modern MINI design history today is a big day at BMW. Chris Bangle, the man who championed the original design of Frank Stephenson’s MINI concept and...
White Roof Radio #285
All four of us actually together all at the same time talking about MINI stuff like we like to do. Before going any further, I would like to take the opportunity to...