MF Exclusive: Leaked MINI Prototype a Fake
Last week we exposed the interior image seen in Automobile.Fr as a forgery. This week we’re doing the same to the exterior photoshop image. Instead of debating the image for days upon...
(Updated) The Next MINI? More Images Surface of Supposed MINI Design Mock-up
Update – it’s a fake! We’ve uncovered the truth after some further investigation. A second much more telling image has surfaced from several publications purporting to be an early version of the...
BMW/MINI Wary of Mercedes Partnership
Reports of BMW and Mercedes partnering to make everything from small cars to major components is like watching a tennis match. Every week seems to bring new statements either confirming or refuting...
Next MINI to Use Future BMW 3 Cylinder & 4 Cylinder Engines
As we reported a few weeks back BMW has determined that the way forward with the MINI brand isn’t through partnerships with outside companies (Fiat was rumored for quite some time) but...
MINI Crossover Design Leaked? Not Quite.
The French magazine “Automobile” claims to have acquired two images of what appear to potentially be initial design mock-ups the upcoming MINI crossover (coming in 2010 as a 2011 model). But there’s...
MINI’s R60 Platform to Spawn Several Variants
This fall MINI will show a production version of the MINI crossover (internally known as the R60). The road to development for this car has been a rocky one from the start....
MINI & Fiat Collaboration Dies While the Next Generation MINI Comes into Focus
Those worries about MINI’s being built on a Punto chassis died a quiet death recently. In its place BMW has decided to build the next MINI using a shared BMW Group components...
MINI to Launch Progressive Activity Vehicle
Over the last month we’ve heard from several sources that MINI will build its own “progressive activity vehicle” based off of the R60 MINI crossover. What’s a progressive activity vehicle? In BMW...
MINI to Base New Model off of Crossover?
Over the last year we’ve heard some rumbling that the MINI Crossover didn’t justify the cost of the development as a single model. To put it frankly BMW needed to create another...
Fiat’s Merger w/Chrysler & How it Affects MINI
Roughly six months ago BMW and Fiat signed a memorandum of understanding that seemed as if it would lead to key cooperation in both developing and selling new cars. In it Friedrich...