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MINI Launches R56 at Paris Autoshow

This morning MINI officially launched the R56 at the Paris Motorshow. The following is a transcript of the speech given by Dr. Michael Ganal at the event: Ladies and Gentlemen – Welcome...

Paris Auto Show – First Photos

Paul from MINI2 has three galleries of photos up from the Paris Auto Show this morning. [ MINI2 Photo Gallery Number 1 ] MINI2 [ MINI2 Photo Gallery Number 2 ] MINI2...

Back to Back wins for MINI at Targa Newfoundland

MINI Canada’s John Cooper Works (JCW) MINI Cooper S successfully defended its Open Division title at Targa Newfoundland from September 9-16, 2006, once again taking its place at the top of the...

The MINI Production Triangle

The start of series production of the new MINI in September 2006 signals the start of a new production network for MINI comprising three UK-based BMW Group manufacturing facilities. The MINI production...

Start of Production of the new MINI

Speech of Dr. Norbert Reithofer at plant Oxford to mark the occasion of the start of production for the R56: Chancellor, Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen – Thank you very much for...

Worldwide MINI Sales Down 8% in 2006

At the MINI plant in Oxford, the building measures to expand capacity to 240,000 units a year are continuing. In parallel, production is preparing for the new MINI generation, which will be...

Nasce il frigorifero in stile MINI (MINI Fridge)

For the non-Italian speakers we’re posting a full (very poor) translation using Google Language Tools below. Dalla collaborazione fra Smeg e MINI nasce un frigorifero con il look della nuova Cooper S:...

BMW & MINI to Add Traffic Information to NAV

Today BMWUSA announced that all 2007 Navigation systems in the US market would have real time traffic data integrated into maps. But what about MINI you ask? We’ve learned from several sources...