MINI Facing Lawsuit Over Bad CVTs
17 Jul 2012, 13:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s not very often that people band up together, outraged with the quality of a BMW Group product. But when this does happen it tends to be big news. This time, reports have emerged from A...
New BMW X1 to Be Underpinned by MINI Countryman
3 Jul 2012, 11:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The BMW X1 might be destined to hit dealers’ lots in the US this fall, but it’s a relatively old design already, having been in production since 2009 after it was showed as a concept in ...
Ferrari 458 Italia and MINI Coopers: Fusion Cooking
11 Jun 2012, 08:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Fusion cooking is a style of cuisine where you combine the elements of two or more cultures that work to each other’s strengths. It’s a very contemporary style and offers a lot of impact...
LEGO Mark I Mini Cooper · Video
7 Jun 2012, 12:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From the Italian Job to rallying, the MINI Cooper MkI did it all in its long life between 1959 and 1967. It’s quintessentially British styling and diminutive scale made it popular, while the l...
Spyshots: 2013 MINI Cooper Interior Revealed
31 May 2012, 10:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Our dedicated team of photographers have once again caught up with the next generation MINI Cooper hatchback, this time as it undergoes road testing. And they managed to capture something really int...
New MINI Cooper to Come As Five-Door Hatch
28 May 2012, 13:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Winter testing of the F56 third-generation MINI Cooper hatchback has already revealed that the car is basically a re-bodied version of the new 1-Series Gran Turismo, a front-drive hatch from BMW. ...
Spyshots: 2014 MINI Cooper S Nurburgring Testing
23 May 2012, 12:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What used to be a British brand, Mini, is getting ready to become not very British at all. That’s because the next generation of the Cooper hatch that started it all back in the early 2000s wi...
MINI Fans Travel from Russia to France
11 May 2012, 15:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Have you noticed how the MINI naming system doesn’t make sense anymore? Cooper, Cooper S and John Cooper Works are now overly complicated names for trim levels basically. The system worked fin...
Spyshots: New MINI Cooper with Less Camo
8 May 2012, 17:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / MINI is working on a brand new, third generation Cooper hatch, that promises to do away with all the faults of the current model. Instead of lowering the bonnet line like we wanted, they’ve ma...
Spyshots: 2013 MINI Cooper Winter Testing
1 Feb 2012, 11:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Here’s why we think MINI desperately needs the new Cooper: the first generation was cool enough, with its retro looks and compact platform, but soon after it was launched, the 1.6-liter compre...
MINI Cooper 2012 B-Spec Race Car Presented
17 Nov 2011, 16:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Racing without a huge budget , this is what the B-Spec series will be - a championship that is scheduled to kick off next year and use production-based vehicles with only a few mods, which will be e...
Mini Cooper Flash Drive Is Geekishly Cool
24 Oct 2011, 14:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you’re a fan of the classic Mini, you’re bound to love it even more if it’s got a USB port sticking out the back, so you can plug it into your computer. The flash drive is av...
Three MINI London 2012 Editions Long Jumped for England
28 Sep 2011, 15:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Next years Olympics in London are getting closer and closer, so to mark the event, England long jump champion J.J. Jegede took it upon himself to do something truly great, as he successfully cleared...
Waiter, There’s a Boa Snake in My MINI
13 Aug 2011, 17:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve heard of trapped kittens in the engine bay and all sorts of vermin making their way into a beat up old jalopy, but never something like this. A massive boa constrictor made its way into ...
MINI's Out of This World Tenth Birthday in Britain
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...
10-strong MINI Model Lineup Coming, BMW Boss Says
13 Jun 2011, 09:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite being ideal vehicles for hairdressers and looking like retro hatchbacks, we actually like the cars that MINI makes. However, there’s always that nagging thought in the back of our mind...
Spyshots: Next-generation 2013 MINI Cooper Mule Spotted Testing
8 Jun 2011, 13:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This ugly little duckling covered in what looks like oil stains might not seem all that important, but it’s actually a test vehicle for the next generation of MINI Cooper. This is the first ti...
UK Study Reveals Most Popular Cars With Hairdressers
28 May 2011, 14:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Top Gear had us believe that the old Audi TT is the most popular hairdressers’ car in Britain, but we’re sorry to inform you that we’ve all been misled. Times have changed and the ...
Swarovski-Studded MINI Cooper for the Royal Couple
29 Apr 2011, 14:01 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Now that Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s wedding has finally materialized, many wondered what the royal couple would ride. Bling My Thing, a Berlin-based company, has teamed up wit...
MINI UK Supports Red Bull Art of Motion Free-running Event
17 Mar 2011, 10:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Free-running is a form of urban acrobatics, in which athletes perform tricks using obstacles in the environment around them. The British division of MINI announced today it will support a unique fr...