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MINI sales up 22% over 2007 for the year to date

BMW group have just released their latest sales stats, and they look good both for BMW (in particular the 1 and 5 series), but also of note are that sales of the MINI also continued to be very positive. In the month just past, 21,463 MINIs were delivered to customers, 17.5% ...

MINI engine wins Engine of the Year 1.4 to 1.8 litre category

For the fourth year running BMW has won overall top prize at the 2008 International Engine of the Year Awards. A panel of judges from around the globe awarded the top honour to the 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged petrol engine which powers the 1 Series, 3 Series and X6 in the 135i, 335i ...

One in five MINIs sold in the UK a Clubman

Here's a piece of positive news for parent company BMW coming out of the UK. Despite having its detractors in the press and public, especially in relation to the right hand side only suicide door which many interpreted as a snub to the UK market, the MINI Clubman accounted to one ...

MINI colour to palette to receive a fruity upgrade (1st April story)

According to reports, the MINI colour palette is to be updated this summer (July to be precise) following customer feedback that the current range is just 'too blue' and a little on the bland side. As is usually the case, some existing colours are being forfeited in order to make way ...

MINI UK re-launch revamped MINI Cherished website

1st April 2008 the new MINI Cherished website will go live, improved and upgraded to help would be used MINI purchasers in their quest for the ideal ride. According to a MINI press release, sales of used MINIs via the official MINI Cherished scheme have rocketed recently, and the revamped website ...

Small emissions once again make MINI a big winner

Fleet News has become the latest media outlet to nominate MINI as a green winner. In the publication’s 20th Annual Awards ceremony, MINI was named Best Small Car 2008 thanks to the introduction of new fuel-saving technologies and amazingly strong residual values. Cost-conscious, practical and desirable motoring topped the awards criteria. ...

MINI year on year sales up 18.5%

That's according to a press release just put out by the BMW group, which as a whole had a successful 2007. Sales of the MINI showed strong growth with the retail sales volume rising by 18.5% to 222,875 units (2006: 188,077 units), while BMW brand cars saw a relatively small (but ...

The second generation MINI facelift…. What would you like to see?

As with the original MINI, the second generation MINI will soon be due a nip and tuck, a mid life facelift and refresh. Rumours suggest that the facelift for the second generation car may be more dramatic than we saw first time around, and we'd like to know what ...

New short film talent gets a big screen chance with MINI

MINI UK is to showcase the best in future movie-making talent by screening a series of original short films in British cinemas. The four-month campaign featuring films supplied by the global short film label, Future Shorts, begins in art house cinemas on 07 March 2008, and will spread to every ...

John Cooper Works Videos

Video presentations of the MINI John Cooper Works and Clubman have been released by BMW/MINI. We're showing four of the videos below, courtesy of video hosting site YouTube, the first, main feature video shows the John Cooper Works MINI and John Cooper Works MINI Clubman playing on the track, and features ...