Autoweek's Take on the MINI Wagon
Now where have I seen this before? Autoweek has some pretty familiar looking photos of what appears to be the new extended wheelbase MINI. Here’s an excerpt from the article: If our...
English Leather Seats Changed for US Market
The English Leather seats are a standalone option in the US that are taken straight out of the special edition ‘Park Lane’ Cooper (available outside the US). However we’ve recently learned that...
MINIUSA Loses Its Advertising Agency to VW
Certainly a bad day for MINI. First Kerri Martin leaves for VW and now MINI’s award winning advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky makes the move to bigger money. This news comes...
Extended Wheelbase MINI Spotted
Here it is folks… the first clear spy shots of the upcoming extended wheel-base MINI. Autowereld (and Dutch publication) has the scoop. Unfortunately our Dutch is a little rusty so let me...
JCW Carbon Fiber Bonnet
Update: Thanks to an intrepid reader we’ve now learned that JCW isn’t aware of this product being sold as an accessory despite it being shown in the JCW tent along with other...
Gas Shortages and High Prices
When it’s all said and done Hurricane Katrina will probably be the most economically devastating natural disaster to hit the US ever. And that’s not to mention the enormous human toll that...
MINIUSA Sales up 43% for August
From MINIUSA Press: MINI USA continued to experience strong demand, with August sales up 43 percent, to 3,342 cars versus the 2,334 sold in that month in 2004. The division reported sales...
The MCS Automatic Wiring Harness Campaign
It looks like that Engine Wiring Harness Campaign we reported on last week has been officially announced by MINIUSA. This news comes directly from the fine folks at MINIUSA HQ: MINI is...
MF Review: MyMini Chrome Door Buttons
Is it a bug or a feature? It’s a question software developers often grapple with when releasing software to the public. When something goes wrong, doesn’t work perfectly, or simply doesn’t look...
White Roof Radio Podcast #9 (Preview)
White Roof Radio Podcast #9 is a wrap and it looks like we’ve got the best one to date. We were lucky enough to have the famous Randy Webb from Webb Motorsports...