MINI at the Milan Design Weekm (Video)
Our friends at MINI passed along a few videos of MINI’s week at the Milan Design Week. As seen on MF last week, the theme was “The MINI Countryman Picnic”. First up...
Italian Launch Party for the MINI Countryman
The Countryman is officially here. MINI rolled out the red carpet while at the Salone del Mobile this week for a party celebrating the launch of the newest model. It was also...
MINI UK Searches for New MINI E Drivers
Official UK Release: The search is on for 20 drivers to take part in phase two of a pioneering trial to test the UK’s first ever electric MINIs. Phase one of the...
Modified Race-spec MINI E Tackles the Nurburgring
This is one of the reasons we love MINI and it’s parent company BMW. They have no reason to ever take the MINI E anywhere near the track. It’s been a success...
Concept Patents of MINI Coupé & Roadster Surface
Our friends at Autoblog have what they believe are patent rendering of the final MINI Coupé and Roadster. While they are very close to final they are in reality simply patents of...
Not an April Fool’s Joke: MINI Product Halted Due to Lack of Doors
We’re not running an April Fools story this year because this is as close if not better than what we had planned. And it’s real. According to the witneygazette.co.uk MINI has halted...
MINI Countryman Gallery from the NYC Auto Show
[nggallery id=18] Today the MINI Countryman debuted at the NYC autoshow with little surprise. In fact the only thing we learned today at the show that we didn’t know before was that...
MINI Countryman Makes its US Debut
[nggallery id=2] Today MINI officially takes the wraps off of the Countryman in the US. We don’t have pricing yet (but we have a good idea on that) and we don’t have...
BMW to Develop New Family Engine that Include 3 Cylinder Units
Last week we told you about BMW’s plans to develop a new family of 3 cylinder engines to reside in both BMW and MINI engine bays. This week BMW has taken the...
BMW Turning MINI into a “Proper” Brand
BMW CEO and board chairman Norbert Reithofer sat down with Autocar yesterday and talked about the prospects of a front wheel drive BMW built off the MINI platform. As we have reported...