Worldwide MINI Sales Down Slightly in 2018
For the first time in a long time it looks like worldwide MINI sales may fall short of the previous year. In the first eight months of the year, global MINI brand...
Opinion: Why BMW Can’t Afford to Kill the MINI 3 Door Hatch
Yesterday we reported on the rather unfortunate rumor that MINI may consider killing the iconic 3 door hatch. Throughout the web that headline garnered plenty of reaction – mostly shock and horror...
BMW Introduces an In-Car Virtual Assistant – is MINI Next?
BMW has taken the wraps off it’s forthcoming in-car Virtual Assistant (think Siri for the car) that will allow for smarter (and quicker) access to in-car functionality. Powered by the car’s always-on...
BMW Group Builds New Driving Simulation Center Focusing on Autonomous Driving
The arms race for autonomous driving is reaching new heights at BMW. The BMW Group (BMW, MINI and Rolls Royce) have broken ground on the world’s most advanced facility for the simulation...
World Premier: The 300 hp BMW X2 M35i
Why are we showing you a new BMW? Because what you see above is more or less identical to the high performance JCW Countryman (and potentially Clubman) that will arrive next year....
MINI USA Sales Down 14.6% for August
MINI USA Sales were down for August by 14.6%. A total of 3,800 vehicles were sold, a decrease of 14.6 percent from the 4,448 sold in the same month a year ago....
Worldwide MINI Sales Down 2.7% for July
While MINI sales were down 2.7% for July, the more pressing figure was year to date sales. For the first time in memory, MINI is just under it’s sales pace from a...
MTTS 2018 Wrap Up: Over 3,000 MINI Owners Make the Trek
Official news: MINI USA confirmed today that its biennial MINI owners road rally MINI TAKES THE STATES 2018 (MTTS) attracted more than 3,000 owners to event’s finale and that the rally raised...
MINI USA Sales Down 2.3% for July
For July, MINI USA reported 4,296 vehicles sold, a decrease of 2.3 percent from the 4,398 sold in the same month a year ago. MINI sales in July were led by the...
MINI Wins Silk Road Rally
It may not be Dakar but MINI has won another epic rally in wining the Silk Way Rally 2018. The MINI Family crew of Yazeed Al Rajhi (KSA) and co-driver Timo Gottschalk...