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If you can’t get enough news and previews of the forthcoming MINI Countryman, here’s a collection of some of the recent articles: Car and Driver: “2011 MINI Countryman – Official Photos and Info” CAR Magazine: “MINI Countryman (2010): First Official Pictures” The Independent: “A Break from Tradition as MINI Gets Bigger” Motor Trend: “First [...] If you motored any of the fifteen legs of the MINI Takes the States 2006 cross-country road rally, you probably picked up one of these posters. This limited edition poster was designed by Shepard Fairey, the designer of the famous Barack Obama HOPE poster. [...] In 2003, these small window clings began appearing in the service departments of MINI dealers in the US. Instead of showing the mileage until the next oil change, they displayed short, quirky phrases. MINI technicians could place them inside the windscreen after a service. The known phrases are: A dirty MINI isn’t neglected. It’s [...] MINI USA’s partner advertising agency, Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, created the award-winning “ZIG. ZAG. ZUG.” ad campaign for the launch of MINI’s third model, the MINI Clubman. The term ZIG was applied to the hardtop MINI, ZAG to the MINI Convertible, and ZUG to the MINI Clubman. In the advertising brochure The Book [...]
For the launch of the first MINI One D model in Germany in June of 2003, MINI created several food items labeled LUSTSTOFF. One of them was a 250 ml (about 8.5 oz.) plastic bottle containing a grapefruit-lemon sports drink. The 4,8 L / 100 KM (49 mpg) [...] Auto Express ranked its top 20 hot hatchbacks from the past 30 years. The top 10 are: Renault Clio Williams Peugeot 205 GTi Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup Peugeot 306 Rallye VW Golf GTi MkII VW Golf GTi MkV Renault 5 GT Turbo VW Golf GTi MkI Peugeot 106 Rallye Series 2 Ford Focus RS [...] MINI reached its 50th birthday in 2009 and produced many items to celebrate it. Many of these were available at MINI United 2009. Here is the first of several items we’ll feature: a MINI 50 chocolate lollipop. One wonders if any of these were actually eaten. [...] Since the launch of the MINI in 2002, MINI USA has celebrated MINI’s quirkiness as a positive feature. From the beginning, all new MINIs have been delivered with a small brochure pointing out the unusual features of the car beyond what’s given in the standard owner’s manual. The original was the TOP 10 IDIOSYNCRASIES OF [...]
In 2006, MINI USA ran a series of five postcard ads featuring icons of modern architecture. They appeared in consecutive Dwell magazines from June to November 2006. They are: LET’S TAKE A MODERN ROAD TRIP. features the Sundial Bridge [...] For the launch of the first MINI Cabrio (Convertible) in Europe in 2004, MINI dealers gave away these hand-held fans. All were bright orange with clear soft plastic fan blades and ran on batteries. The idea was to use the fan to cool yourself while motoring with the top down. [...] |
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