Video: MTTS Time Lapse
Did you miss MTTS this year? Well here’s the much shorter experience in video form.
MINI Racing at Laguna Seca
Looking for something MINI to do in September? Head to Northern California and watch some racing! Shasta MINIs has setup something very special for the Grand-AM/Continental Championship races at Laguna Seca.
MINI JCW GP to be Offered in Raffle at Pebble beach
The JCW GP. A special car about to be even more special for one lucky raffle winner. MINI USA will be giving one GP away via a raffle (proceeds going to the...
Classic Mini Screams Past Record at Bonneville
Bonneville is legendary. The Mini Cooper 970S enjoys cult status. What do you get when you combine the two? A fantastic record. An average 251 km/h (155.96 mph). If you want to...
Schmarl Tops Table
[Official Release] Others may have claimed wins, but Jürgen Schmarl moved to the top of the table. The MINI Trophy in Spielberg/Austria provided real MINI-style racing with plenty of action and a...
The IIHS Just Made Cars Heavier (Again)
Safety is of huge importance in automobiles, there is no arguing that. Over the past few decades, the work of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has held auto manufacturers to a...
Auto Start/Stop Coming to US MINIs
According to sources inside MINI familiar with future product features, the US market will finally see an auto start/stop system for both manual and automatic transmissions. The first version of auto start/stop...
Olympic Miniature MINIs and Olympic Advertising
These days the Olympics mean not only international competition, but seeing brands clamor to associate themselves with the games. There are dozens of brands, big and small, who pay significant amounts of...
Motor Trend Pits the MINI Clubman vs. Hyundai Veloster Turbo
There’s a pattern for MINI “shoot outs” in the mainstream press that I think is pretty interesting. It goes something like this: Match a MINI against some other small car If possible,...
Worldwide MINI Sales Up Almost 10% for July
MINI reported its best July ever, with worldwide sales climbing 9.6% to 22,083 vehicles in the month under review (prev. yr 20,154). In its largest market, the U.S., MINI achieved strong growth...