The fastest road-registered MINI ever made will go on sale later this year in a limited run of just 2,000 cars. The car will be unveiled publicly for the first time this weekend at the MINI United festival in Le Castellet, France.
Prior to the start of today's New York International Auto Show, Dr. Kay Segler, Senior Vice President Brand Management at MINI, announced the return of a limited-edition JCW GP track-oriented model to the MINI range.
Here's an old-media prank from MINI Australia that had their antipodean readers hopping around and getting all excited. Imagine building your own MINI Countryman from 29,762 individual parts.
The MINI feels very much at home just about anywhere on the planet. And soon the world will also be the oyster of MINI drivers and their entourages. 12 days on from the “official” start of spring, MINI can announce its arrival among the ranks of camping outfitters.
Last year's Paceman Concept, shown at the at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, was well received by the motoring press and public alike, so much so that BMW signed it off for a late-2012 production slot and deliveries in early 2013.
The one remaining question was , "what would it be called?"
MINI's four-door Countryman becomes the sixth member of the range to join the JCW family, and the first to combine the extra fizz with MINI's ALL4 all-wheel drive system.
One of the many lessons I have learned during a career working in digital, is that when something becomes a trend, it's already too late to reap any meaningful advantage.
After last year's successful launch of MINI's location-based iPhone Game in Stockholm, Tokyo becomes the next destination to be engulfed by MINI fever.
The latest addition to the MINI range becomes the sixth variant to reach production (with at least two more in the pipeline), following closely behind the MINI Coupe which has received a mixed response from reviewers thus far.
News that Aston Martin has been voted the UK's Coolest Brand for the fifth time in six years got me thinking - What does it mean? How did they get there? And how can other brands get in on the action?