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18 Nov
MINI art cars, and all that Jazz!MINI has been in touch with its creative side lately, celebrating 50 years in style with artists and musicians from around the globe. Tonight (18th November) BMW Group Plant Oxford plays host to Ronnie Scott’s Big Band and the Oxford Philomusica celebrating 50 years of the MINI and of the famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in [...]
27 Oct
MINI E set for Australia, Countryman for GenevaBack at the start of September, top MINI site BigBlogg reliably informed the masses that the new MINI Crossover/Countryman would not appear at the IAA Frankfurt Motorshow as expected at the time, but would instead be unveiled at Geneva in March 2010. Well, that news is catching on courtesy of AutoCar in the UK [...]
12 Oct
MINI E in the UKThe MINI E, the all electric plug in MINI, has been zipping around the streets of the USA and Germany for a while now. This is a great thing, it’s good to see MINI among the leading lights in alternative fuel vehicle development and it’s working wonders in terms of both research and generating [...]
08 Oct
7th Heaven as MINI sales riseMINI was the seventh best selling car brand in the UK over the course of September 2009, and also became the seventh best selling car on UK roads for the year to date. This is according to sales figures released by the SMMT. September is historically a strong month for new car sales, and 2009 [...]
04 Oct
German made MINIs on the horizon?According to a report in the business section of The Independent today, BMW are planning to produce some MINI models in Germany. The news that parent company BMW were considering producing MINIs in Germany was reported by our friends over at BigBlogg in late September. Now The Independent has fleshed out the information, citing BMW [...]
17 Sep
MINI Coupé, not MINI ClichéAt the Frankfurt Motorshow launch of the MINI Coupé and MINI Roadster concept cars, the chance arose to speak to the ever accommodating Marcus Syring from MINI design. Everybody knows Gert Hildebrand, head of MINI design, and Gert is always an enjoyable character to talk to; but while Marcus Syring is perhaps less famous than his [...]
15 Sep
MINI Roadster Concept unveiledMINI have officially revealed the other “twin” to the already well known MINI Coupé Concept; the MINI Roadster Concept. The MINI Roadster shares the same underpinnings as the MINI Coupé, and the MINI Roadster Concept revealed at the Frankfurt Motorshow is kitted out with the same 211 hp engine found in today’s MINI John Cooper Works [...]
14 Sep
Join in with our MINI coverage from Frankfurt 2009Tuesday the 15th September at 9am local time we will be attending the MINI press conference at the IAA 2009 Frankfurt International Motorshow. This will officially kick off our coverage of the event, where MINI are expected to be unveiling the MINI Coupé Concept alongside its twin, the MINI Roadster, and we will be [...]
13 Sep
theSwitchback on MINI UnitedAhead of our trip to Frankfurt to see what MINI has to show at the IAA 2009 International Motorshow, tightly squeezed in after some interesting footage of the MINI “twins”, theSwitchback has made a special appearance on the official MINI United Blog. For the first time ever, someone other than the regular MINI United blog team [...]
04 Sep
Sales down for MINI UK in August…but demand for the MINI WC50 stronger than expected. According to figures released today by the SMMT MINIs sales and market share both fell during August 2009 compared to those of August 2008. The positive news for MINI was that despite this drop, MINI remains the ninth best selling motorcar in the UK for the [...]
03 Sep
MINI Coupé confirmed for UK productionGood news for MINI Coupé fans and would be owners. According to Norbert Reithofer, BMW’s chief executive, the MINI Coupé and another as yet unconfirmed new MINI model are headed for production. For many, the even better news is the official confirmation that the new MINI models will be built in the UK, at BMW [...]