Feb 15th, 2011
A little birdie informed us this early this morning and now MINI United official Facebook site has confirmed it. MINI United will not be taking place this summer as originally planned. Instead MINI is planning on moving the event to the summer of 2012. The location will remain France but no details have been given.
I think I speak for all MF readers everywhere in saying… bummer.
Dec 20th, 2010
We’ve just heard (and confirmed) that MINI United will be held on August 26th – 28th. The location (as announced last week) will be somewhere in the South of France.
Dec 17th, 2010
For those of you that aren’t following along with the MINI United updates on Facebook, they have just announced the location, but no date.
2011: This just in! It’s officially happening in the South of France sometime near the end of summer. Exact dates when we’ve got them, FB/MINI United will be the 1st to know!
No exact location yet but at least we have an idea of which country it will be in. Hopefully dates and exact locations will be following soon, so get those passports warmed up!
Nov 22nd, 2010
The announcement has been made on MINI United’s official Facebook page. No details are available yet and no we can’t spill anything (yet). But we can tell you it’ll be a little sunnier than 2009′s MINI United in England.
Jun 16th, 2009
Todd and I take the time to completely recap the drunken debauchery that was MINI United 2009. The things we saw, the things we did, including driving Silverstone circuit. Yes, that Silverstone. Yes, in a MINI. Yes, it was pretty awesome. Too bad Todd got an automatic transmission. He ended up taking a leisurely cruise around the course instead.
How about a funny story about MINI USA? Sure, we have one of those too. And, if you missed it, there was this. Which was pretty funny too.
Oh yea, Todd rode in a helicopter. You can see that here.
I was going to ride too, but, well, you’ll just have to listen.
continued →
Jun 11th, 2009
Of course, it wouldn’t be a MINI United unless we got the chance to talk to the main man in charge, Dr. Wolfgang Armbrecht, Senior Vice President of Brand Management at MINI. He gives us the lowdown on the latest MINI updates. Or, as much as he could. Pay special attention to the part about the Crossover and the “optional” four wheel drive feature. Also, in what should be music to some enthusiasts’ ears, note that Dr. Armbrecht stated that in the future MINI would be focusing on “the trend toward smaller cars”. Keep in mind this statement followed some discussion of the Crossover, a larger MINI, but the statement can be taken as a hopeful hint of where MINI may be going next.
This is the last of our MINI United coverage. If you missed any of it, you can find it all here. Don’t forget to also check out the WRR YouTube Channel for the all of the video we posted.
MINI United ’09: Dr. Armbrecht Interview :
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Jun 3rd, 2009
What would MINI United be without the owners? We get a chance to speak to many of the people from the US and quite a few of the locals as well.
There is still a little more audio to follow, including our interview with Dr. Armbrecht. Watch for that! If you missed any of the photos, you can check them out here. Don’t forget to also check out the WRR YouTube Channel for the all of the video we posted.
MINI United 2009 – The people:
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