Record 2005 Sales for MINI in the UK
MINI Convertible (in its first year of full sales) is the best-selling soft top in the UK and its registrations accounted for 23 per cent of the total 2005 MINI registrations. Overall,...
MINI Concept Travelling into Production
More on the production confirmation from MINI USA Press: New MINI derivative confirmed for production at Detroit Motor Show. A production car based on the MINI Concept Traveller has been confirmed today...
White Roof Radio Podcast #29
This week on the Whiteroofradio podcast we discuss some of our 2006 planned modifications. Todd tells us why FM modulators are evil (DB and I nod in agreement). And I ask why...
The MINI Wagon is Officially a Go
From MINI Press: >”We will be enhancing the MINI family with a further model.” With these words Dr. Michael Ganal, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG and responsible for...
MINI Concept Detroit: An Introduction
MINI announces the North American debut of the MINI Traveller Concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The MINI Traveller Concept – the third appearance for this design study...
MINI Concept Detroit: First Photos
Update: For a full gallery of photos check out our MINI Concept Detroit gallery just posted. Because of that we’ve closed comments on this post. For those of you who wanted to...
Frank Stephenson Talks Design
Frank Stephenson, the designer of the current MINI, is interviewed in Business Week’s online edition this week. While he spends most of the interview talking about Fiat (his new project), we can...
Aero Kit MotoringFile Special
As a new monthly feature for 2006 we’re going to be highlighting special deals offered to MotoringFile readers by our advertisers. Here’s our first: The fine folks at Knauz MINI have another...
More Rumors on the MINI/Triumph Concept
The Unofficial Austin Rover Web Source (say that three times fast) has some further information on the upcoming MINI derived two-seater sports car concept. It would seem that its final branding is...