Section: Awards
May 9th, 2008
Official BMW Press Release: Munich / Stuttgart. With six awards for five engines gained at this year’s “International Engine of the Year Awards”, BMW has successfully defended its position as the world’s leading manufacturer of efficient high-performance power units. For the second time in succession, the 3-litre straight six engine with Twin Turbo and High Precision Injection has won the overall ranking in this most significant international engine competition. The 225 kW/306 bhp engine employed in the BMW 3 Series, the BMW 1 Series Coupe and Convertible, as well as in the new BMW X6, also has repeated last year’s victory in the 2.5 to 3-litre engine category. continued →
Apr 22nd, 2008
CNNMoney and Intellichoice have put together a list of Top 5 Cars that will get you the most bang for the buck. Of course, the MINI Made the list.
It boasts cool design, easy handling, the ability to park in even the tiniest spaces and the lowest maintenance cost in its class (maintenance is covered for three years or 36,000 miles).
Maybe that’s why its resale value is nothing short of phenomenal: 77% after five years.
Nothing we didn’t already know, but it’s always nice to see it on other sites. And, 77% is pretty strong, but I doubt I’d get that with my ‘03 with almost 190K miles on the clock.
[ The Best Cars for Your Money ] Finance.yahoo.com
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Apr 21st, 2008
Last year the R56 made the Top 10 at CNet for best tech. Yahoo has taken the time to put the list together, based on affordability.
Good-looking and one of the most fun cars on the road, the 2007 Mini Cooper S is well-engineered throughout. While we were impressed by the audio and handling, these can be made even better with an optional premium speaker system and a limited slip differential.
Check out the full list below. Feel free to snicker at the Dodge Caravan for making the list.
[ Best Affordable Tech Cars ] Autos.yahoo.com
Apr 17th, 2008
Please note that is a small i, small n, small i. Yes, they do Mini Cooper S Classic. Which could only mean, really, one film. The Italian Job from 1969.
The Mini Cooper which played a starring role in the classic crime caper The Italian Job has been named best movie car of all time. continued →
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Apr 16th, 2008
AOL Autos, via Forbes.com, has assembled a list of cars that would work very well for those of you living in large cities. But, unlike other lists of this type, they stuck primarily to the more upscale small cars, like the MINI Cooper.
But city dwellers want choices beyond the fuel-efficient subcompacts on the market. That includes comfortable vehicles with ample storage space, good road handling and good brakes.
The list, made up almost entirely of Japanes brands, naturally includes the MINI. Other cars on the list are the new Scion xB, Mazda 3 and Audi A3.
[ Ten Best Cars for City Dwellers ]
Mar 15th, 2008
MINI UK Press Release: Fleet News has become the latest media outlet to nominate MINI as a green winner. In the publication’s 20th Annual Awards ceremony, MINI was named Best Small Car 2008 thanks to the introduction of new fuel-saving technologies and amazingly strong residual values.
Cost-conscious, practical and desirable motoring topped the awards criteria. The Fleet News panel* cited the new Clubman model as key to the appeal of MINI for business car drivers, with one judge claiming: “There is no other car in the sector that drivers would like to have more.” continued →
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Jan 29th, 2008
Official BMW Group (UK) Press Release: BMW Group has won What Car?’s coveted Green Award. With EfficientDynamics introduced across the BMW and MINI model ranges as standard in 2007, What Car? rewarded BMW’s efforts with one of most coveted awards in the UK automotive calendar. The UK’s self-styled new car buyers’ bible also announced its 2006 car of the year, the BMW 3 Series, as its ‘Best Compact Executive’ car for the third year in a row. MINI Cooper S retained its ‘Best Hot Hatch’ trophy. continued →
Jan 25th, 2008
It must be award season, and MINI is cleaning up. According to Carpages, which has listed quite a few of them.
The January blues have been well and truly beaten by MINI in 2008 with new year awards from Top Gear, What Car?, BusinessCar and Parker’s Car Guides. With successes in these publications that cover retail and fleet, new and used car sales, the champagne is off the ice and the detox will have to wait!
Business Car, Top Gear Magazine, What Car and others have all bestowed some love on our favorite little car.
[ Bumper MINI Awards ] Carpages.co.uk
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Jan 22nd, 2008
Time magazine has recently published a great article on the greatest, most important cars of the last 100 years.
Along with the ‘55 Chevy, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic and VW Beetle lies the BMC Mini.
First car in the world to lie the engine across the vehicle rather than longitudinally. Revolutionary design proved that cars could get smaller -and still be hot. Its technical layout was copied by everybody and is still basically used in today’s small cars. Ten feet long with 10 inch wheels, it handled like a dream. continued →
Dec 26th, 2007
CNet’s car division is looking for the 2007 Tech Car of the year. Among the list of 10 cars they picked that they think have great technology is, of course, the 2007 MINI Cooper S.
We looked back at the cars we’ve seen this year and came up with 10 nominees for Tech Car of the Year. These cars all showed good cabin technology packages, with some interesting powertrain and platform tech.
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Dec 14th, 2007
Special Events Magazine, the official and premier magazine of the special events industry in North America, nominates events and companies to receive the Gala Award.
Daunting challenges, amazing results: This describes the work of the Gala Award nominees listed below. Members of the Special Events Magazine Advisory Board spent hours poring over hundreds of entries before selecting these companies. Watch for our January issue, which will include profiles of all our nominees; the Gala Award winners will be named Jan. 18 at The Special Event 2008 in Atlanta. See you there! - The Editors
We mention this today because nominated for Best Fair/Festival is MINI United!
As mentioned above, winners will be announced at a special event in January. I wouldn’t be surprised to see MINI United actually pull off the win. It was a great event!
[ Gala Award Nominees 2007 ] Specialevents.com
Nov 25th, 2007
It’s the time of year in the US again. The time with Kelly Blue book compiles their list of the best resale values. This years Top 10 list, complied by CNN Money, looks very similiar to years past with MINI near the top. continued →
Nov 17th, 2007
Official MINI USA Press Release: MINI took home two honors in Kelley Blue Book’s “2008 Best Resale Value Awards”. MINI was awarded a top spot with “Best Resale Value” in the Convertible category. In addition, the MINI Cooper has been named an overall Top 10 in “Best Resale Value”. The MINI Cooper is the only vehicle to consistently be on Kelley Blue Book’s Top 10 Best Resale Value list every year since 2003. continued →
Oct 24th, 2007
Official MINI USA Press Release: For the sixth consecutive year, MINI has earned top honors in Strategic Vision’s 2007 Total Value Index TM (TVI). For 2007, the MINI brand achieved the highest ranking of all brands surveyed with an overall TVI score of 817. The MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper Convertible also achieved the highest TVI score in their respective segments - an honor both models have received every year since they were launched.
Not only did the MINI brand achieve the highest TVI score overall, but Strategic Vision also recognized MINI as a class leader in the $24,500 - $30,000 range. In their respective segments the MINI Cooper, with a TVI score of 824, was awarded top honors in the “Small Specialty Car Under $28,000″ six years running, while the MINI Cooper Convertible, with a TVI score of 802, topped its category of “Convertible under $30,000″ three years running. These scores compare to an industry average TVI score of 737. continued →
Oct 24th, 2007
Official MINI USA Press Release: The BMW Group picked up as many as four awards at the CAROLINA Internet Auto Award 2007 by AutoScout24, Europe’s largest automobile portal. With its EfficientDynamics program, BMW won in the special category “Best Innovation”. continued →
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