Consumer Reports Recommends the MINI

After years of labeling the MINI as unreliable, Consumer Reports has reversed it’s opinion and named the 2004-2006 MINI “recommended”. This news comes frrom long time reader and frequent contributor Timothy Sipples:...

MINI Tops in Strategic Vision Survey

For the fourth consecutive year, MINI has come out on top in Strategic Vision’s 2004 Total Value Index(TM)(TVI). The MINI Cooper achieved the highest score of any model in the survey, followed...

MINI Wins in AIADA Total Value Study

From the Auto Channel: The AIADA newsletter reported that the Total Value Study of 69,000 new vehicle owners conducted by Strategic Vision declares International nameplates hold the highest levels of satisfaction, according...

MINI Takes Three Awards from Kelly Blue Book

MINI took home three honors in Kelley Blue Book’s “2006 Best Resale Value Awards”. MINI was named “Best Brand”, tying with the BMW brand, its sibling in the BMW Group. The MINI...

MINI Most Appealing Car Four Years Running

From MINIUSA Press: For the fourth year in a row, the MINI Cooper ranked highest in the Compact Car Segment in J.D. Power and Associates latest Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL)...

MINI Tops Segment in Owner Satisfaction

From JD Powers and Associates: The J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study, now in its 10th year, measures owners’ delight with the design, content, layout and...

MINI Wins again with High Residuals

Nothing new here. Forbes finds that the MINI keeps it’s value with the best of them. Now that the MINI is in its 3rd year in the US (fourth elsewhere) many of...