BMW wins award for the engine of the MINI Cooper S

From BMW Group PressClub Global:

The wide range of winning engines is further evidence of the outstanding expertise of the BMW Group in the area of engine development. It enables engines of great power yet also exemplary efficiency to be offered across all series and output classes. The “Engine of the Year” awards were conferred [...]

RSR Motorsports results at Mid-Ohio

The GRAND-AM season continued on last weekend at Mid-Ohio.  The RSR Motorsports MINIs have had a few good showings but have been hit with many reliability problems since the first race at Daytona.  To sort things out, the team hired a chassis engineer named Jim Haaser.

VJ Mirzayan and Sarah Cattaneo in the 197 MINI [...]

collectible of the day: Hammer and Coop glossy photo ad

In February 2007, MINI USA launched the Hammer & Coop advertising campaign developed by Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners.  The campaign centered on Web episodes of a series starring Jim Turtledove as “Hammer” and a MINI Cooper S as “Coop”.  This ad insert was made to look like their publicity photo.

BRAWN IS BACK.

Hammer [...]