2008

MINI Shutting Down Production for December

BMW AG has decided to take the step of completely stopping production at MINI’s Oxford plant from December 7th through January 5th. This is a two week increase from the usual time...

MINI Looking for Ambassadors

Perhaps a few of you, and from what I understand a very select few, received this in your inbox. >As part of a new pilot program that will put folks interested in...

White Roof Radio Live Tonight

Just a quick reminder that we will be recording Woofcast 275 live tonight. Check back at 7:15PM PST for all the fun and excitement! There is a rumor that Gabe might even...

BMW/MINI Respond to a Weakening Economy

Yesterday BMW Chairman of the Board Dr. Norbert Reithofer gave a speech that outlined some of steps BMW AG will be taking to see itself through the current economic situation. It talks...

MINI USA Sales up 56% for October

Press Release: MINI USA reported October sales of 5,272 automobiles, up 56.4 percent from the 3,370 cars sold in October 2007. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 45,966 automobiles, an increase of...

JCW Has Snob Value

At least according to the Times UK. >Of course, you can respond in different ways to a car’s prevalence. You can get all sniffy about it and run in the opposite direction,...

White Roof Radio Returns LIVE!

You read that correctly boys and girls! White Roof Radio, the world famous MINI Cooper podcast will be making it’s return to the internet! After taking a 5 week hiatus we are...

An Automotive Rarity

An excellent critique article regarding the direction of the BMW brand published recently at Peter de Lorenzo’s Autoextremist.com. Here are some excerpts: >But that wasn’t all, because it wasn’t just on the...

Student Attempts to Recreate Italian Job

Surely some of you have had this idea. You’ve seen the Italian Job. You own a MINI. Why not? A TOFF student tried, drunkenly, and failed. >But the posh prat came a...