BMW’s New City Car to Not be Branded MINI?
We’ve heard from several sources over the last few weeks (despite rumors saying otherwise) that BMW will not be branding the “Mega City” urban vehicle as a MINI. It was thought earlier...
JCW Diesel a Reality – With a BMW Engine
Not a April’s Fool’s joke btw… We’ve confirmed that JCW (MINI’s tuning arm) will be releasing a a full fledged factory JCW model based on the current MINI Cooper D. However what...
MINIs and Macs
We always talk about the comparison between the MINI brand and Apple. Both are considered to be premium brands in their respective segments for a number of reasons. Size and efficiency being...
$2,000 Tata Nano Goes On Sale
A car we have been hearing about for quite a while now, mostly because of it’s very low price, is finally almost available. >But six years after the project was conceived, Ratan...
MINI’s City Car to Go RWD?
German Magazine Auto Bilde gives us a peak (so it would seem) into BMW’s plans for small cars over the next few years. While the headliner is the new Z2, there are...
MINI’s Micro Car Plans Come into Focus
The usually rather unreliable Auto Express has the latest on BMW’s Project i and how it relates to MINI’s future products. According to the weekly UK mag MINI will be debuting an...
JCW Diesel in the Works?
This one comes to us from AutoExpress who is claiming that MINI will be producing a JCW version of the MINI D, complete with 160HP. While the information seems tenuous at best...
In Jay Leno’s Garage
Jay Leno is a car guy, we all know this. Makes sense then that he would want a MINI E parked in his shop. And, since he is a TV guy, makes...
MINI Considering Diesel for US Market
As we’ve reported (exclusively as early as last July) MINI is now seriously considering a diesel powered model for the US market. The model could be due in the states as early...
MINI E a Turkey?
Dan Neil, staff writer for the LA Times, has come up with a list of cars from this years LA Auto Show that he thinks are turkeys. I would have to agree...