MINI to Launch Cooper S Diesel in 2011
For over a year now we’ve told you about MINI’s plans for a high performance diesel to wear the moniker Cooper S D. In fact the MF Diesel section is riddled with...
2011 JCW to Get Exclusive Options and No Power Increases
The following report was done in conjunction with our friends at Bigblogg. Remember that 2011 Clubman we spotted outside of the BMW Environmental Test Center last week? While most of our attention...
2011 MINI Cooper S Refresh Spotted Undisguised
Here it is, the 2011 MCS refresh that will be applied to the R55, R56 and R57 models. Autoexpress has the first photos of what can only be described as our best...
A Classic Mini Designers Meet the New MINI Designer
Our friends from MINI Space (the internet arm of the official MINI International Magazine) recently were at the IMM 2010 (a huge European MINI meet) and stumbled onto two classic Minis completely...
MINI’s Revised 2011 Engines In Depth
(The following article is a revised version of what was published last week in the MotoringFile Countryman review) Starting with September production MINI will be substantially revising the entire range of cars...
MINI to Introduce Brake Cooling with 2011 Refresh
(Updated) Behold, a 2011 JCW test mule with the front valance almost completely exposed courtesy of Leftlanenews. While there are exposed rivets and the trim isn’t final, this brake test mule does...
MINI Celebrates 50 Years at the Techno Classica
MINI is celebrating 50 years of the MINI with Classic Mini Clubs from Germany and the Netherlands at the Techno Classica Germany. The fine people behind MINI PR would nice enough to...
MINI to Show Classic Models at Techno Classica
MINI is embracing their past not only with new models and naming conventions but with the models themselves. MINI will be trotting out numerous variants everyone’s small car this year at the...
2011 MINI Refresh Update: Interior Colors & Trim
Earlier this month we told you about the 2011 MINI refresh or LCI (Life Cycle Impulse in BMW-speak) that we expect in September. There will be new colors, a new front an...
MINI USA Delays Engine Upgrade Until Fall 2010
Last month MINI announced updates to the entire MINI line-up with more power and more efficiency. We reported the details earlier this year but to recap, here are the numbers with the...