Archive for Category: "Mini"
Mini’s Oxford Plant Celebrates 100 Years Of Car-Building
This month marks the 100th year of vehicle production at Mini’s Oxford Plant in Oxford, UK – a plant that has seen it’s fair share of manufacturers and history pass through its great halls. Officially opening on March 28, 1913 under operation of Morris Motors, the first Bullnose Morris Oxford rolled off the assembly line. [...]
MINI X-Raids Dakar With Countryman
To call Mini’s involvement in motorsports anything but successful would be a disservice to the brand. In the last decade alone, Mini has successfully competed in touring car and rally racing. Just last year, Mini entered five cars in the Dakar rally, all five finished in the top ten including the first and second place podiums. Mini [...]
Mini’s Makes Another Boat, Now With Less Ugly
Mini has made a reputation out of creating odd and unique show cars, and they are at it again with the seaworthy Mini Convertible boat. Rather than a rickety shamble of metal and welds like the Mini Yacthsman, the new floating Mini carries an appearance identical to a standard Mini Convertible. The car was created [...]
MINI Pulling Out Of World Rally Championship
Today is sad day, friends. Mini and BMW have decided to end its factory backed involvement in the WRC at the end of the 2012 season. This news comes despite Mini’s fairly successful showing since the program started in 2011. The John Cooper Works WRC car managed multiple top-ten finishes and three podium finishes including second place at Monaco. [...]
Mini Prices JCW Countryman
The newest and most powerful Mini, the John Cooper Works Countryman, is also one of the most expensive. With a base price of $35,550 this Mini is pricey, but you get a lot of fun for the cash. The JCW Countryman is the first AWD JCW car, and it comes with a potent (for MINI) [...]
JCW Countryman: Meet The Most Powerful MINI
Another day, another new Mini. On the docket today is the John Cooper Works Mini Countryman. What separates this from the myriad of other cars in Mini’s brand lineup is the first inclusion of the ALL4 AWD system in a JCW car, and a revised engine pumping out 218 horsepower. That last fact is especially important because it makes [...]
Mini Sued Over CVT Issues
In the earlier days of the new Mini Cooper, if the car was fitted with two pedals it was more than likely equipped with a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). These gearless automatics look amazing on paper as there is no power loss due to shifting and an engine should always been operating at its most efficient rpm [...]
Mini To Further Invest In UK Manufacturing
Back in June of 2011, BMW Group and Mini announced an approximate $776 million investment into its Oxford manufacturing plant and soon enough, the automaker will be going even further. Announced recently was a move to put an additional $388 million into UK manufacturing by the end of 2015. Not only will the Oxford facility benefit [...]
MINI Bayswater
Often times to celebrate a special event, or historical moment, cor makers will release special edition models. One such brand that has become very affluent in the special edition market is MINI. With its multitude of concept and show cars, there always seems to be some new and exciting model from the group. THe latest model in MINI’s recent bevy of [...]
MINI Baker Street
While at Geneva, MINI decided it wanted to bestow upon the world three new concept cars that are “new interpretations of established models.” The first model is the MINI Baker Street. MINI says this car is designed to “embody the youthful, fresh and innovative trend-setting style of the brand.” What that means, is that you get some new [...]


