April 2004

Here's some miscellaneous information that I heard while in Oxford recently. Some of it is certain and some of unsubstantiated at this point and some of it is very confirmed. The Anthracite...

This news comes from the BBC: A Belgium motorist was left stunned after authorities sent him a speeding ticket for travelling in his Mini at three times the speed of sound. The...

MINIUSA has launched the first part of their MINI Cabrio marketing effort with a small portion of the current MINIUSA site. You can check it out here. The site also makes reference...

At this point JCW lists these kits are for “Motorsport” use only. Here's the copy that goes with the products: “All John Cooper Motorsport products are tried, tested and developed for motorsport...

In yet more news from this month's MINI International (yes you'll probably want to subscribe) MINI will begin offering dealer installed two-toned leather seats. It's not clear if this will be available...

Also in this month's MINI International there's word of a new cd storage accessory. Here's the text: “The new MINI CD holder is also highly convenient and does away with awkward scrabbling...

This news comes via MINIUSA from the New York Auto Show. Please note that much of it has been released before in the initial Geneva Press release this past February. We should...

Big news for those MINI owners with big thirsts. MINI will be releasing a new, official, cupholder in the coming months – in fact it's already out in the UK. Here's the...

From JCW Press: MINI owners world-wide have certainly proved to be keen on the John Cooper Works Kits for the Cooper and Cooper S. The Sussex-based family firm, now run by John's...