No more rallies under the factory banner doesn’t mean the life of the Mini Countryman stops. Quite the contrary, the small crossover receives a few tweaks to stand out again. In keeping with the way the Mini brand attracts new customers, the whole point is to have a custom tailored car that’s somehow cute. For
The World Rally Championship is about to get more interesting. Having gotten nine consecutive titles, the dominating Sebastian Loeb is moving on to different things. With a highly successful driver leaving the sport, the sport will probably see the rest of the participants heat up their action. This is what theory dictates, as for practice,
Not everything coming from the news box these days is happy. You can console yourself with the season but you know it’s going to take more than that. These bad news come from the British are Mini, or rather the British at Prodrive. They handle the Mini Countryman rally project and they’ve got bad news
True fans of the Mini brand are about to get themselves into a world of surprises as their favorite British car maker is about to unveil something new. Sadly though, it’s not exactly going to be to their liking. After taking several complaints for coming up with the new Mini Countryman, they haven’t had enough.
Having BMW as an adoptive parent is not the sort of thing that washes off the company by simply bringing success, there are some new standards to be met. Mini remained of the list of manufacturers that create well handling cars, but has recently joined a list which includes those whose cars retain a mastering
Apart from fuel economy, nowadays it’s almost impossible to find anything more important among the car buying public than safety. Kia’s 2011 Optima scored top points with the NHTSA testing so Mini’s Contryman wining appraisal from the IIHS ‘Top Safety Pick’ couldn’t have gone unnoticed.
A recent, let’s say “event” has come to my attention and it could very well be a great way for you to win a brand new hatchback, and a Mini creation at that. The event that triggered the whole thing took place in Germany and it’s related to a local radio station having a contest
It seems that the latest announcement to come from BMW’s Mini is a bit bland but does include some interesting figures. Most interesting of them all is the one that includes the price for the U.S. for a base model and some info on what will the options or superior trim levels set you back.
It would seem that the more interesting versions of the Mini BMW has been promising since it took over the British brand are starting to trickle in. The first of the approved models to hit production will be a Mini Coupe which is scheduled for August 2011 and it will be followed shortly after by
Some reports say that this is not just a random thought but a fact on one of the next projects BMW have undertaken at Mini. With a seven seat layout in mind i’m expecting the car to grow quite a lot but officials have found a way to say it will be slightly bigger.
Here are the first official pictures of new Mini R60, entitled Countryman. The crossover is of the first British brand and benefits from four-wheel drive and a unique design. Just one day after introducing a teaser video of the Mini Countryman, the first images of new crossover from Mini mysteriously appeared on the Internet. Looking
