BMW Invests £250M in UK Manufacturing

BMW Group has today announced a further £250m investment in its UK manufacturing operations by the end of 2015 at its manufacturing plant in Oxford, steel body pressings operation at Swindon and...

Worldwide MINI Sales up 7% for 2012

Official Release: Worldwide sales for MINI climbed 3.9% to 32,337 vehicles in the month under review (prev. yr 31,112). Year-to-date, MINI sales are up +7.0% to 151,875 units compared to 141,915 in...

MINI USA Sales up 7.5% for June 2012

MINI Brand Sales MINI USA reported sales of 5,995 automobiles in June, an increase of 14.7 percent from the 5,228 sold in June 2011. Year-to-date, MINI sales in the U.S. are up...

Up Against The Big Boys in a MINI

[Official Release] Three race weekends in just 22 days: June was a busy month for RSR Motorsports and its MINI racing cars in the USA. The team’s reward is the title “MINI...

World Debut: The MINI Clubvan (Final Production Form)

The Clubvan is here. Almost. MINI has released final production information on the first officially available commercial vehicle to wear the MINI badge since BMW bought the brand in the 90’s. The...

MINI New Zealand Takes the Countryman Truly Off-Road

[Official Release] MINI launch new model to celebrate 40th anniversary of winning Rally New Zealand MINI is taking its renowned go-kart handling to the next level, introducing a new model to coincide...

MINI USA Announced 2013 Pricing and Updates

MINI USA has just lifted the covers on 2013 pricing across the line-up. Lots to talk about and take in but first some highlights: – Bluetooth will be standard on every 2013...

World Debut: Updated MINI Rocketman Concept

MINI has dusted off and updated the most exciting concept from the past five years. The MINI Rocketman was meant to show off how far MINImalism could go and how the original...

Worldwide MINI Sales up 5.5% for May 2012

MINI continues to see sales growth worldwide. Previous months have seen either month-over-month records or year-to-date records. May saw yet another sales record for BMW Group as a whole, and a 5.5%...

UK BMW Engine Plant Builds Three-millionth Engine

[Official Release] Today, the three millionth engine has been produced at the BMW Group’s UK engine plant at Hams Hall, near Birmingham. The milestone power unit – a 1.6 four-cylinder petrol engine...