MINI Concept Travelling into Production
More on the production confirmation from MINI USA Press: New MINI derivative confirmed for production at Detroit Motor Show. A production car based on the MINI Concept Traveller has been confirmed today...
The MINI Wagon is Officially a Go
From MINI Press: >”We will be enhancing the MINI family with a further model.” With these words Dr. Michael Ganal, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG and responsible for...
MINI Concept Detroit Update #2
MINI’s next long wheelbase concept debuted lastnight at a private MINI USA dealer event in Detroit. It will show its face to the press next week along with official information about the...
Details Emerge on the Detroit MINI Concept
This week’s Automotive News has a short piece on what to expect from MINI in Detroit. Here’s a quick excerpt: While the press is calling the Traveller a wagon, Mini executives hate...
MCAW Auto Up Window Circuit Reviewed
One of the more annoying features missing from the US spec MINIs are auto-up windows. For some reason BMW decided to program out the feature for all MINIs in the US (nevermind...
Future MINI & iPod Integration?
We expect quite a few subtle improvements with music and mobile phone integration over the years with the next MINI. However we’ve never really heard of specifics until a recent Autoweek article....
2007 Cooper S at the Nürburgring
We’ve got a little stocking stuffer for you today. Another clear shot of the next generation Cooper S doing some final shake-down tests at the Nurburgring in Germany. The image comes courtesy...
R56 Interior Evolution
[Updated with larger photos after the click!] MINI has been dropping hints about the interior in the R56 for several months now. Today we take a look at the progression of the...
MINI Convertible Sells in Soft UK Market
MINI Convertible tops the UK charts as the best-selling convertible of 2005, as a record 200,000 MINIs leave Oxford. In a year when UK soft-top sales are down overall, MINI has bucked...
The 2007 MINI Launch Timeline
There’s has been lots of speculation recently in the press on both when the next generation MINI will be debut and when it will launch to the public. While we don’t have...