May 2011

Spied: Coupe and Roadster on the Nürburgring

WorldCarFans.com has a fresh crop of MINI Coupé and Roadster spy photos. This time, it’s on the world’s most famous public roadway. As we’ve seen time and time again, MINI and BMW...

CNN Money Reviews the Countryman All4

It’s Countryman review season, as regular readers have probably noticed, and today’s comes from CNN Money. Par for the course is the usual summary, the usual “doesn’t quite drive like it’s smaller...

MINI Challenge Germany In-Car Video

Our new friend Dirk Lauth, #44, sent us these two great in-car videos from his car during MINI Challenge Germany. For this race, MINI Challenge was hosted by the GT 1 World...

Green-Car-Guide gives Countryman SD All4 a “10”

With a combined fuel economy of 57.6 mpg, it’s not a big surprise that Green-Car-Guide.com gave the Countryman SD All4 a score of 10-out-of-10. GCG gave the same score to the Countryman...

MINI Germany’s “It’s Personal” Campaign

Take a Facebook campaign, add an on-site photo booth, then a huge screen on one of Berlin’s busiest city squares, and you’ve got MINI’s “It’s Personal” campaign. Participants can throw on a...

MINI Gets Best MPG Among Sports Cars

Our friends over at Edmonds.com have done a rather interesting comparison of fuel economy in 19 sports cars available in 2011. Monthly fuel costs ranged from $330/month for the Corvette ZR1/BMW M3...