18 Jan 2012, 09:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / David and Goliath, the hare and the tortoise, Germany vs the US, MINI vs Hummer. That’s what this year’s Dakar Rally, which has moved from Africa to South America, was all about.
Cove...
13 Jan 2012, 09:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Brian Dunn, the Associate Product Marketing Manager for Polyphony Digital, has issued a statement about the latest downloadable content for Gran Turismo 5. The big news among the packs available nex...
3 Jan 2012, 15:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When the whole auto world reports on a piece of news with a question mark at the end, you know you have a real mystery on your hands, and that’s exactly what’s happening under MINI brand...
16 Dec 2011, 09:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We are now one step closer to finding out the winners of the North American Car and Truck of the Year (NACTOY), as the top three finalists for both categories have recently been announced.
The c...
13 Dec 2011, 17:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With a hard ride and now capacity to tow a horse box or pull a tractor out of the snow, the MINI Coutryman is not going to blow people away with its off-roading capabilities. What’s more, the ...
7 Dec 2011, 12:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW Group has announced that combined sales of all the brands under its wing have surpassed all others for the month of November. Sales climbed to 138,978 vehicles, an increase of 7.7% over the prev...
8 Nov 2011, 15:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / An increase of just 8.3 percent was enough to take BMW Group’s sales all the way to 139,276 units last month, which represents a new all-time high for the manufacturer during the second month ...
20 Oct 2011, 09:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Prodrive is a British motorsport and engineering group that usually churns out the most awesome Subarus you’ve ever seen. They also took the time to chop one up and turn it into their own conc...
5 Oct 2011, 12:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for you to meet the contenders for the 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards, with the list including 17 cars and 7 light trucks.
To be eligibl...
11 Aug 2011, 12:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Electric cars, crossovers... even two-door crossovers - we’ve covered it all when it comes to the MINI brand and its future lineup, but all this time the car we really want and love, the Coope...
5 Aug 2011, 09:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In a move set to prevent the death of manual transmissions in the United States, the North American division of MINI has just launched a new ad campaign that addresses the hardtop, Clubman, convert...
5 Aug 2011, 08:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / MINI has the Countryman, which looks great and is built with car bits, BMW offers the X3 that’s very practical, and there are a whole load of other crossover on the market right now. So what c...
2 Aug 2011, 11:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / General Motor’s European division will be launching a new compact SUV based on the Corsa, which possibly could be joined by two additional variants to be sold in global markets including the U...
1 Aug 2011, 12:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / MINI’s lineup is growing in leaps and bounds! We have a new Coupe now, and a Roadster will follow shortly. The firm also offers a four-door crossover called the Countryman, and a two-door vers...
22 Jul 2011, 13:06 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The smart roadster is coming “fast and mad”. We were tempted to say “fast and furious”, but let’s not forget that it is still a smart. Let's admit that the new roa...
22 Jul 2011, 08:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / MINI basically confirmed the Paceman was going into production immediately after the concept was shown for the first time at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. The move was largely expected, as th...
18 Jul 2011, 08:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems that just about every model under the sun is testing on the difficult Nurburgring track in Germany, in the search for a suspension setup that can be considered a good compromise between com...
18 Jul 2011, 07:13 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Rumors are that Jeep is planning a B-segment crossover that will challenge directly the Mini Countryman. The lighter Jeep is being referred to internally as “SS”, which stands for super ...
13 Jul 2011, 14:29 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Celebrating 150 years of the Unification of Italy, the aftermarket specialists at Romeo Ferraris decided to launch a special dedicated tuning program for the occasion. They turned their attention to...
1 Jul 2011, 14:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Prodrive-developed John Cooper Works WRC, unveiled in early April 2011, comes as an important step forward in the safety of world rally cars, the Germans at BMW claim. They recently released det...