MINI Re-thinking Plans to Launch in India
Automotive News sat down with the head of BMW India recently and talked about the future of MINI on the sub-continent: >BMW’s India chief Peter Kronschnabl said the company will reconsider launching...
5th Gear: VW Scirocco vs the Cooper S
Yes this has been floating around but we were reminded of it while clearing our in box. It’s not very scientific but it’s fun to see both cars thrown around a bit...
Ask MF: Anyone Have R50 JCW Info?
This week we’re cleaning out the in box a bit and getting to some Ask MF’s we’ve had in the queue for awhile. The first of the week was sent in by...
The New MINI One D Debuts
Official Release: Gearing up for an ideal start: The MINI One D. New entry-level model combines pulling power with enhanced economy. Market launch scheduled for September 2009. The MINI model family is...
MINI’s Next Two Seater Under Development
About six months ago we published a scoop about an internal test JCW going down the Oxford assembly line that had no rear seats and several sound-system components missing. At the time...
MINI Officially Retires The Color Mellow Yellow
MINI will be replacing Mellow Yellow for the 2010 model year with White Silver. Mellow Yellow was an R56 launch color and has been around sine September 2006 when the new car...
MF Exclusive: MINI’s Mid Life-Cycle Refresh
The R56 has been a commercial and critical success for MINI. Despite the loss of some steering feel and some of the brashful character of the R50 and R53, MINI clearly hit...
MINI E Gets Government Green Light For UK Trial
Official News: BMW Group-led consortium is a winner in Technology Strategy Board £25m Ultra Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator competition The British government body that exists to promote business innovation in technology announced...
New H/K Sound System to Debut on 2010 MINIs
We’ve held off reporting about the new system at the request of our sources for awhile but MINI hinted at the new system in its recent Camden press release so all bets...
Edmunds Picks Up Their MINI E
I met Edmunds Editor in Chief Karl Brauer a few years back at a BMW/MINI press junket (where we shared cars for several days) and found we had a ton in common....