Global MINI Sales Down 34.5% in January

BMW Group Release: For January 10,120 (prev.yr.: 15,457 / -34,5%) customers bought a MINI brand vehicle. The MINI sales reduction was in part due to the lack of availability of the MINI...

MINI USA Sales Down 15.5% for January

Official Press Release: MINI USA reported sales of 2,082 automobiles, down 15.4 percent from the 2,460 cars sold in January 2008. “Consumers really are keeping their heads inside their shells this month,”...

Chris Bangle Retires From the BMW Group

[pictobrowser motoringfile 72157613312229396] For students of modern MINI design history today is a big day at BMW. Chris Bangle, the man who championed the original design of Frank Stephenson’s MINI concept and...

MINI UK Announces the Clubman One

[pictobrowser motoringfile 72157612709492805] MINI UK Release: The MINI One Clubman will be unveiled at the International Geneva Motor Show on 03 March 2009. The new entry-level model in the Clubman range gives...

MINI Press Conference (Official Release)

[pictobrowser motoringfile 72157612455382292] Official Release: Speech by Ian Robertson, member of the board of management of BMW AG, MINI Press Conference at the 2009 NAIAS. Welcome to the North American International Auto...

’09 Convertible MINI World Premiers at NAIAS

MINI USA Press Release Woodcliff Lake, NJ – January 9, 2009 MINI will introduce the next generation of its celebrated four-seat convertible at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Joining...

Worldwide MINI Sales Down 21% in November

Faced with ongoing consumer reticence in key sales markets, the MINI brand also delivered 20.8% fewer vehicles in the month under review than the previous year (15,103 / prev.yr.: 19,078). This is...

MINI United 2009 Official Release

MINI Press Release. Munich/Silverstone. After Misano/Italy and Zandvoort/Netherlands, MINI is celebrating the third MINI United Festival from 22-24 May 2009 in the land of its birth. Silverstone/UK with its legendary racetrack will...

A New MINI Dealer in Florida

Sandy Sansing, owner of Sandy Sansing Dealerships, has announced the addition of a MINI dealership to his automotive product line-up during a news conference last week. >There are about 1,500 MINI Coopers...