BMW To Increase MINI Production Capacity
From Autoindustry.co.uk: BMW will this later this month announce investment at its Oxford plant to boost output of its MINI range to over 200,000 units a year, executives told media in Spain...
MINI Ranked #6 Brand in the World
After being ranked an incredible 3rd in the world last year, MINI has slipped to 6th place ahead of such venerable brands as Coca Cola, eBay, and Nokia. Apple ranked first followed...
More Radical Look for Next MCS?
More on the next MINI from Autocar. With engineering work well underway on the next-generation Mini, and the secrets of the car’s new engine revealed, we didn’t expect to get a tip-off...
Motor Trend on the Next MINI
Reader John Schoettler gives us a brief synopsis on an article in the March issue of Motor Trend detailing the next MINI: In the new March issue Motor Trend magazine it states...
JCW Strut Brace US Availability
Since we posted about the new 2005 JCW US catalog several people have asked about the availability of the JCW strut brace. While, for some reason it wasn’t mentioned in the catalog,...
The Mini at Monte, Revisited
The Telegraph takes us on our journey through time and the Col de Turini and manages to paint to an incredible picture of the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in the process. It’s...
Advanced Airbags
Among the many small changes made on January 1st for all MINI production are the new standard advanced airbags. This is a addition that hasn’t really been talked about before just recently...
Cleaning your Cabin Air Filter
Promini has an informative article on the wonderful world of cabin air filters. It may not be as exciting of a topic as that latest JCW spoiler but it’s probably more important....
The Auto MCS in the Flesh
Sean Bartnik has some great info and photos on the new automatic MCS and all the other subtle 1/05 interior tweaks at his weblog. Here’s an excerpt from the site: The shift...
The JCW Carbon Fiber Spoiler
Update: We’ve got a better pic of the spoiler above (click the image for a larger view). You can also view the original we posted here. And check out this pic of...