MINI Barge Sets Sail for London Motor Show

On Sunday 9 July, the MINI BARge was tugged into place at London’s ExCeL in preparation for the opening of next week’s British International Motor Show. The MINI BARge is a specially...

Bristow Adds Support to MINI Challenge

It’s not too common that a race driver will compete in one of the support races accompanying their regular championship, but during the most recent rounds of the UK based MINI Challenge,...

One Large MINI

[ One Large MINI ] Coolz0r – Marketing Thoughts Via Jalopnik

John Cooper Garage Closes Shop

John Cooper Garages, the shop and dealership owned by Mike Cooper that has become the spiritual home of the JCW brand is reportedly closing its doors on August 4th. It’s unclear how...

Smart to Copy MINI in the US

The Automotive News gives us a sneak peak as to how Smart plans on positioning itself in the US market: >Roger Penske plans to duplicate Mini’s strategy when he starts selling Smart...

White Roof Radio Podcast #77

We spend some time talking about the last shuttle launch and got a little sidetracked. It didn’t help that db was distracted watching crash videos. Plus Todd’s GP update and Gabe talks...

White Roof Radio Podcast #76

The Monday show. We do listener Feedback, Todd complaining about the price of gas in KC (whatever) and Gabe, again, with the YouTube videos. Plus news of the week! Show Notes |...

MINI Debuts Innovative Paint System at Oxford

BMW Group has introduced an innovative paint technology at its MINI plant in Oxford. Known as IPP (Integrated Paint Process), this highly efficient system is set to have a long-term impact on...

Worldwide MINI Sales Down for 2006

The building work to expand capacity in the Oxford plant to around 240,000 units a year determined sales of the MINI brand throughout the first half year. Because of the resultant reduced...