Daimler/BMW Share Swapping Nixed?
Looks like BMW’s biggest share holders the Quandt family has nixed the idea of a closer relationship between the Germany giants. This could impact everything from A/B Class component sharing with the...
MINI to Base New Model off of Crossover?
Over the last year we’ve heard some rumbling that the MINI Crossover didn’t justify the cost of the development as a single model. To put it frankly BMW needed to create another...
MINI’s Micro Car Plans Come into Focus
The usually rather unreliable Auto Express has the latest on BMW’s Project i and how it relates to MINI’s future products. According to the weekly UK mag MINI will be debuting an...
JCW Diesel in the Works?
This one comes to us from AutoExpress who is claiming that MINI will be producing a JCW version of the MINI D, complete with 160HP. While the information seems tenuous at best...
What is the MINI SpaceBox?
Rumors have been swirling for days that MINI will be debuting a new concept simply known as the MINI Spacebox. Is this a new concept car? Is this the production R60? Is...
Electric MINIs coming to the States?
According to Autoweek, BMW plans to build a few electric MINIs and send them to the states to help meet the need for zero-emissions vehicles sold in California. >BMW plans to export...
MINI Cutting Jobs at the Oxford Plant
We already knew that BMW Group is planning on cutting 8,000 jobs this year, consisting mostly of temporary workers. While that surely impacts MINI’s corporate offices, we weren’t sure how that would...
Mercedes & BMW Negotiate Engine Deal
The on and off again BMW and Mercedes engine deal appears to be back in negotiations. However now looks like the next MINI’s engine might not be the only technology they end...
MINI Considers Its Next Model
We have the MINI, MINI convertible, MINI wagon (Clubman) and soon to be MINI SUV. Since we know BMW is keen to grow the brand we have to ask ourselves, what’s next?...
MINI SAV Production Location Update
For almost a year we’ve been reporting that the MINI off-roader (now officially code-named the R60) would either be built at BMW’s Spartanburg SC Plant or by Magna Steyr in Austria. Recently...