April 2003

From a reader: Didn't know if you had seen this yet, a Spy Video of the MINI Convertible. It's actually not a very good video, 90% of it shows the car just...

This is taken from a post by Christian from MINI2: “Today I was in the MINI headquater in munich. Just saw the new 3 spoke sports steering wheel for the Cooper S!”

“While the supercharged version of the Mini, the Cooper S, is adequately powerful, it is far from the rip-snorter many expected. If 163 horsepower are available from the stock version, they must...

I managed to see 11 MINIs throughout the day on Saturday in and around Chicago. This is not counting any MINIs near dealers, friends' MINIs, or MINIs involved in a cruise. Have...

[update: this is a larger, higher quality trailer than the one from AOL] You can view it in Quicktime format here.

Even though this was a spur of the moment drive on an unusually cold April day (even for Chicago) we managed to get 5 MINIs together – a couple more than I...

Chicago folks: who wants to join a couple of us in an informal MINI cruise this Sunday at 10am? I've got a friend coming into Chicago to pick his 2nd MCS this...

There's nothing too exciting up yet but expect the trailer and other goodies before too long. The Italian Job Website

I don't usually post about items like this but I've gotten lots of questions regarding where to find the Euro Parcel Shelf. Classic MINI, in Cleavland Ohio, has the Parcel Shelf on...

This is not confirmed but I heard from a fairly reliable source that MINI is working on a kit that (judging from the name) will allow users to activate their installed rear...