MINI Beachcomber Concept: Design, Features, and Influence

May 19, 25Jan 20, 26

Top 5 MINI Concepts That Should Have Made Production

After chronicling every MINI concept from the past three decades, one question kept surfacing in our inbox (and frankly, in our own heads): which ones should have been built? So we went...

May 13, 25Jan 20, 26

The Complete History of MINI Concept Cars (1995–Present)

MINI has never been a brand afraid to dream. Since its rebirth under BMW in the 1990s, MINI’s concept vehicles have served as blue-sky sketches, near-production previews, and occasional love letters to...

Beachcomber Still in the Cards

Mar 23, 11Sep 19, 14

AutoExpress had a chance to speak with Ian Robertson, Director of BMW Marketing and Sales, at the Geneva Motor Show this year. One of their questions asked if two of MINI’s more...

MINI Beachcomber Concept “Too Dangerous” For Production

Jan 6, 11Jan 7, 11

While the Beachcomber Concept will be on display at NAIAS in Detroit this year, sources say it’s not going to make it to production over safety concerns. Even though the design does...

What Should MINI Make: Beachcomber vs Countryman Coupe

Oct 24, 10Feb 13, 11

So MINI has a decision to make. In order to leverage the Countryman platform, they’re considering green-lighting either the MINI Beachcomber concept (seen last year in Detroit) or a two (or four)...

Next Generation Clubman To Be Countryman Based

Oct 18, 10Oct 18, 10

UK auto magazine Autocar is reporting that MINI is very seriously considering several variants on the MINI Countryman. Old news to MotoringFile readers but there are a few interesting tidbits. Most notably...

MINI Countryman Coupe Picks up Steam

Sep 2, 10Sep 2, 10

MINI Canyon Rendering

Jul 24, 10Feb 13, 11

MINI to Produce 3 Door Beachcomber Variant?

Jul 11, 10Jul 11, 10

Scott26 (or whatever name he’s going by today) has long been a great source of information for BMW fans. He works for the company and has insider information that is often on...

MINI to Grow the Countryman with Four Variants

Jun 9, 10Jun 8, 10

UK Automotive tabloid Autoexpress has long held a tradition for being the most sensationalist automotive weekly in the English language so it’s with that knowledge that we share the following information. The...

MINI Considering Beachcomber Production

May 26, 10May 26, 10

MINI is considering green-lighting the radical Beachcomber concept that debuted at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. That news comes from Dr Wolfgang Armbrecht (head of MINI band management) via Autoexpress. We can...

MINI at the NAIAS 2010 (Photo Gallery)

Jan 17, 10Oct 24, 10

Now that we’ve had some time to digest the week that was, we thought we take a look back at not only the BMW stand at the 2010 NAIAS but also the...