PSA Looking to Strengthen Ties with BMW/MINI
Automotive News is reporting that PSA is looking at deepening it’s ties with the German company. As it stands now PSA produces engines blocks…
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BMW 0 Series to be Based on Next Generation MINI?
Car Magazine is reporting that BMW will leverage the new MINI platform (itself based on the modular 1 Series platform) for a smaller BMW….
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BMW in Preliminary Talks to Share Next Generation MINI Platform
As BMW looks at ways to share development costs in the coming years, the idea of sharing the MINI platform has come up again….
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MF Exclusive: Leaked MINI Prototype a Fake
Last week we exposed the interior image seen in Automobile.Fr as a forgery. This week we’re doing the same to the exterior photoshop image….
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(Updated) The Next MINI? More Images Surface of Supposed MINI Design Mock-up
Update – it’s a fake! We’ve uncovered the truth after some further investigation. A second much more telling image has surfaced from several publications…
Read MoreBMW/MINI Wary of Mercedes Partnership
Reports of BMW and Mercedes partnering to make everything from small cars to major components is like watching a tennis match. Every week seems…
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Next MINI to Use Future BMW 3 Cylinder & 4 Cylinder Engines
As we reported a few weeks back BMW has determined that the way forward with the MINI brand isn’t through partnerships with outside companies…
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MINI Crossover Design Leaked? Not Quite.
The French magazine “Automobile” claims to have acquired two images of what appear to potentially be initial design mock-ups the upcoming MINI crossover (coming…
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MINI & Fiat Collaboration Dies While the Next Generation MINI Comes into Focus
Those worries about MINI’s being built on a Punto chassis died a quiet death recently. In its place BMW has decided to build the…
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Fiat’s Merger w/Chrysler & How it Affects MINI
Roughly six months ago BMW and Fiat signed a memorandum of understanding that seemed as if it would lead to key cooperation in both…
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