BMW Expands Cost Cutting – MINI included
Automobile News has the latest on BMW’s moves to further increase cost cutting – and they include the MINI brand. Here’s an excerpt: >Reithofer also wants a sharp reduction in Mini production...
The MINI Clubman Rickshaw
In order to celebrate the 2008 Olympics, something was needed that not only conveyed the essence of MINI, but which was distinctly Chinese, moreover, distinctly Beijing. Of course, in order to catch...
R50 Designer Frank Stephenson Joins McLaren
Frank Stephenson, lead design of the R50 MINI, has joined the McLaren as its Design Director. That’s according to the Cardesignews.com. Here’s an excerpt from the site: >”McLaren is pleased to confirm...
The Last R52 MINI Convertible Comes off the Production Line
Official MINI Release: Style icon, global player, “value master” and now already a classic. Now that around 164,000 units have been produced, the MINI Convertible of the current generation has reached the...
Top Gear Features MINIs
Most of us around the MF offices are pretty big fans of Top Gear. We thought it was especially nice when BBC America decided to start sharing the goodness that Jeremy Clarkson,...
Clubman vs. Go-Kart
Those crazy kids over at Webridestv.com have decided to see if the MINI Clubman _actually_ handles like a go-cart by taking it to a local indoor kart track and racing it against...
The Clubman as a Family Car
It used to be that an R50 (with CVT no less) fit the bill. >But that’s when my family was younger and smaller. The kids were 4 and 2, so the miniature...
Diesel Powered MINI Coming to the US Market
MF Exclusive: A MINI Diesel is Coming to the US Market but it’s not the Cooper D some might expect. Instead MINI has been working on a new model designed from the...
3rd Gen MINI could use Fiat Platform
Autoblog, via Automotive News, has some interesting information about the upcoming ’15 MINI that is to be built in conjuction with Fiat. >It’s unclear whether the C-Evo architecture will underpin the MINI...
2009 MINI Convertible to Get Exclusive Color
When the R57 goes on sale next spring it will receive an exclusive color much like the launch of the R52 convertibles in the latter half of 2004. Like the R52 the...