Men of Metal Transformer from MINI
It would seem my favorite childhood toy and my favorite current toy have just collided in pure 1985 retro bliss. Behold, the official Men of Metal Transformer from MINI. What originally started...
The MINI and Side Impact Testing
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety just released the side crash results for small cars. However, they excluded the Impreza, Civic, and MINI because they “will have new design features that are...
Inside MINI's Consumer Research
With all this talk of celebrity focus groups I thought it might be a good time to revisit a MotoringFile story from last spring in which we were lucky enough to get...
Intel Puts a Mini PC in a MINI
While it may not be as cool as the Mac Mini in a MINI, Intel is planning to display an ultra small PC installed in MINI for CeBIT 2005. Here’s more (tomshardware.com):...
Paddy Hopkirk Enters Hall of Fame
Via Carkeys.co.uk: Paddy Hopkirk, the darling of the golden years of rallying, has been honoured with a place in Irish sport’s Hall of Fame, joining previous inductees George Best and Mary Peters...
MINI Next
We’ve got another MotoringFile scoop for you. In the next several months MINIUSA will be announcing a full certified pre-owned program called Next. According to a few reliable sources, the plan will...
The MINI Wins over Celebrities
From HelloMagazine.com: There was a time when stylish Italian marques like Ferrari and Lamborghini were the only set of wheels an A-list star would want be seen in. Then came the age...
MINI Plant Expansion Online in late '06
Interestingly this Autocar article is the first mention of even further expansion of the MINI plant in Oxford possibly later in the decade. Here’s an excerpt: It was revealed that BMW bosses...
MINIUSA Sales Up 18% in February
Todays sales figures from MINI USA hints at pent up demand for the automatic transmission now available on the MINI Cooper S … MINI USA reported February sales of 3,140, an increase...