Car Connection Tests the R56 Prototype
The Car Connection gives us their take on the R56 prototype from BMW’s recent preview event in the Netherlands. Here’s an excerpt:
First Pics of the R56 Press Preview
Autotelegraaf has the first pic of this week’s press preview that MINI is currently running. Expect to see a lot more of this lightly disguised silver 2007 MCS prototype in various magazines...
Autoweek Drives the JCW GP
Everyone’s favorite US based weekly automotive magazine gives us its take on the JCW GP. Fresh from driving the car at the recent press event in Italy, Greg Kable gives us his...
BusinessWeek on MINI USA’s New Campaign
As MINI owners slowly discover the new “black box” campaign by MINI USA and their new agency BSSP, the mainstream press isn’t far behind. And in this case, they seem to be...
AutoExpress Reports on the 2007 MINI
And as usual, gets it wrong. For some reason they’re claiming the 2007 MCS will have 200bhp rather than the 175bhp we’ve verified a few days ago. Here’s an excerpt: >The redesigned...
An Electric MINI with 640hp
Too good to be true? Maybe. [ Hybrid Mini offers 640 hp, 0-60 in 4.5 seconds ] Leftlanenews.com
Channel4 Reports on the JCG Closure
The secret is out and the British media are starting to pick up the story on the John Cooper Garage closure. Nothing new that wasn’t reported earlier this week on MF but...
MG Production Moves to Oklahoma?
We weren’t initially going to cover this news since, well, this is a MINI related site. But after the 20th person emailed us about it we figured people must be interested! First...
BusinessWeek Drives the 2006 MCSc & JCW
BusinessWeek writer Thane Peterson drives both a MCS convertible and MCS JCW and poses the question that many of us are facing; buy now or wait? Here’s an excerpt: >Buy it or...
One Large MINI
[ One Large MINI ] Coolz0r – Marketing Thoughts Via Jalopnik