MINIs Should Be Designed by the British, Boss Says
17 Jan 2014, 12:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In a recent interview for Autocar at the 2014 Detroit Motor Show, MINI Brand boss and BMW Board Member, Peter Schwarzenbauer said he believes that all MINIs should be designed in the UK. At the m...
Spyshots: 5-Door MINI Hatch Spied Next to Its 3-Door Brother
16 Jan 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It’s not news anymore that the Mk3 MINI will receive a 5-door version, hoping to cater to every possible desire of the most pretentious customer out there. However, there are still a lot of qu...
MINI John Cooper Works Concept at Detroit
16 Jan 2014, 16:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The most anticipated new arrival from MINI is definitely the John Cooper Works model. Apart from looking the part, however, the new car also has to impress from behind the wheel. At the 2014 NAIAS w...
MINI Wins Stage 9 of the 2014 Dakar Rally
15 Jan 2014, 14:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In his black MINI ALL4 Racing car, Stephane Peterhansel, the en-title champion of the Dakar Rally managed to distance himself over the rest of the crowd throughout a 422 km stage. The 9th stage o...
Spyhots: 2015 MINI John Cooper Works at the Arctic Circle
14 Jan 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Even though the British company brought the MINI John Cooper Works Concept at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show and we now know how the car will look like, the engineers are still hard at work testing the ...
2014 MINI Cooper Looking Good at Detroit · Live Photos
14 Jan 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Up until now, we were simply bombarded with photos of the new MINI Cooper S but we couldn’t get a clear idea as to what the regular Cooper would look like. The 2014 Detroit Auto Show put us fa...
MINI John Cooper Works Concept Shows Up at Detroit · Live Photos
14 Jan 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Being unveiled last year, via an official photo gallery, the MINI John Cooper Works Concept made its world debut at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show yesterday, showing the world what the new hot hatch wil...
Record Sales for MINI in 2013
13 Jan 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Now that the numbers have finally been revealed, we can take a look at how the BMW Group faired in 2013 sales-wise and how every brand under its wing did separately. The British MINI did rather nice...
Spyshots: 2015 MINI Clubman Testing at the Arctic Circle
13 Jan 2014, 09:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Less than a month ago we caught the upcoming MINI Clubman testing around Munich’s busy streets and now, our spy photographers caught up with it somewhere around the Arctic Circle. It seems ...
MINI Claims Top 4 Spots Overall in 2014 Dakar Rally
10 Jan 2014, 15:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The fifth stage of the 2014 Dakar Rally took the contestants from Cilecito to Tucaman, in Argentina. Joan “Nani” Roma managed to secure his second win of the contest, finishing faster th...
One-Two-Three Overall for MINI in the 2014 Dakar So Far
8 Jan 2014, 09:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Yesterday, I told you that the reigning Dakar champion, Stephane Peterhansel managed to take the lead in the overall rankings with his MINI ALL4 Racing. At the moment the podium is filled with MINI ...
2013 MINI Cooper S vs 2013 Fiat 500c Abarth Comparison Test
7 Jan 2014, 17:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / When it comes to small bundles of joy on the road, you can’t go wrong with the MINI Cooper S and the Fiat 500 (whether it’s the convertible model, Abarth or any other version). They are ...
2014 MINI Cooper S Rolling Shots
7 Jan 2014, 16:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The brand new MINI Cooper will be making an appearance at the first major show of 2014, in Detroit. The car that was launched with a really big bang is supposed to revolutionize the mini segment, on...
Peterhansel Takes the Lead in 2014 Dakar Rally with the MINI ALL4 Racing
7 Jan 2014, 08:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Only two days of the 2014 Dakar Rally passed and Stephane Peterhansel is already in the top spot overall in the 36th edition of the world famous motorsport event. Racing like crazy behind the whe...
2015 MINI 5-Door Hatch Caught Completely Undisguised
6 Jan 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In the wake of the 2014 Detroit Auto Show we might be in for a surprise. MINI already confirmed it will be on the spot with its new Cooper and Cooper S models of the 2-door hatch but our latest spys...
2015 MINI Clubman Rendering Comes Close to Real Thing
6 Jan 2014, 04:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just before Christmas, we showed you the very latest spy photos we had of the next new MINI. Some call it the Clubman because they believe it’s a replacement, some call it a Freeman because th...
2015 MINI 5-Door Hatchback Spotted Totally Undisguised
5 Jan 2014, 17:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In what we would describe as the biggest story to come out this weekend, the MINI that we couldn’t believe was coming is now a production reality. A fully revealed, fully equipped 2015 model y...
MINI Arrives in Argentina, Eager for the Start of Dakar 2014
23 Dec 2013, 13:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After practicing in snow somewhere in the Austrian mountains, the Dakar 2014 MINI Rally team went straight to Argentina, to prepare for the opening of the big event. To make sure everyone gets ju...
Three-door and Five-door Hatch MINIs Will Arrive in Australia in 2014
23 Dec 2013, 13:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / 2014 will be a great year for MINI enthusiasts in Australia. According to Car Advice, both the 3-door and 5-door versions of the new MINI Cooper will be arriving down under. The first step will b...
How to Use the MINI Roadster Pass-Through Door
23 Dec 2013, 09:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Just when I thought MINI instructional videos couldn’t get any weirder, of course something even more awkward comes along. The latest video from the MINI USA folks showcases how to use the boo...