Awards

MINI Cooper Named Best Resale Value 9th Year

File this one under “new news that’s old news.” Automotive consumer price index Kelly Blue Book has named the 2011 MINI Cooper range the best resale value in the compact car segment...

MINI Cooper S Wins Engine of the Year

MINI has once again captured the engine of the year award in the top award in the 1.4-1.8 liter capacity category. This is the forth victory in a row for the engine...

MINI & BMW Earn Top Spots in Quality

MINI & BMW are celebrating two victories in reliability. Europe’s largest automotive club has named the MINI, the X3 (made in the same factory the Countryman it about to be produced in)...

MINI Wins As Most Loyal in Category

Official Release: MINI is proud to accept the Polk Automotive Loyalty Award for highest loyalty in the compact car segment. The 2009 MINI Cooper was named as the winner at Tuesday night’s...

MINI Comes in Last in JD Power Quality Survey

JD Power has released their latest initial quality survey and the MINI came in (drum roll) dead last. The survey asks owners about mechanical and design problems they experience in the first...

BMW/MINI Engines Win International Engine of the Year Awards

[pictobrowser motoringfile 72157619876879636] Official Release: Scoring outstanding wins in the three categories of the International Engine of the Year Award, the BMW Group once again highlights its top position this year as...

MINI Makes Top 12

We are fans of Winding Road around here as has been mentioned before. Issue 41 is a good reason why. Chock full of clever Top 12 or Top 5 lists, including their...

Is the MINI Recession Proof?

BusinessWeek seems to think so, via Yahoo! Finance. >But there are some good deals out there in this recession; cars that are worth the price and will hold their value. And in...