BMW 0 Series to be Based on Next Generation MINI?
Car Magazine is reporting that BMW will leverage the new MINI platform (itself based on the modular 1 Series platform) for a smaller BMW. The big news for BMW enthusiasts is that...
BMW in Preliminary Talks to Share Next Generation MINI Platform
As BMW looks at ways to share development costs in the coming years, the idea of sharing the MINI platform has come up again. However this time it’s Peugeot that is the...
MF Exclusive: MINI’s Product Roadmap Revealed
In 2001 BMW debuted the R50 MINI Cooper and MINI One to great acclaim. However tucked away in much of the press coverage of the launch was the fact that BMW didn’t...
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...