For each MINI United festival (2005, 2007, and 2009), MINI has created special souvenir side mirror caps. In March we featured the MINI United 2009 mirror caps.
MINI United 2007 took place exactly three years ago today. The international festival ran from June 22-24, 2007.
Shown here are the mirror caps from MINI United [...]
MINI 50 Years by Rob Golding is an interesting little book with a clever hardcover case. The bright yellow cover has a magnetic closure and is opened by lifting the bonnet section (to uncover the MINI engine) and then the main cover to uncover the glossy softcover book inside.
Published in 2007, the fifty [...]
The second of the four regional events for MINI Takes the States 2008 began two years ago today in Boston (it ran from June 20-22, 2008). So today we feature another collectible from MTTS 2008.
For sale at the festival was this MINI Takes the States 2008 grille badge. The shiny metal grille badge [...]
Last month we featured a pair of TATTOO FOR YOU! tattoos. Above is a single temporary tattoo from Germany from the “MINI. IS IT LOVE?” campaign. The tattoo consists of the MINI wings logo with “MINI. IS IT LOVE?” below.
The phrase “…WOHIN DU WILLST” means “…WHEREVER YOU [...]
Items from major MINI events are always interesting collectibles.
Today we feature the MINI United 2005 bag. This denim shoulder bag has an adjustable strap and a metal zipper. One side of the bag has “MINI UNITED” printed up the side in red with a smaller “2005″ in white near the bottom. The other [...]
Back in 2003, MINI USA offered this set of four posters with a minimalistic, whimsical design. The set measured 36″ wide by 24″ high and consisted of:
Bee / Liquid Yellow and Black MINI Cooper S Conga Drum / Liquid Yellow and White MINI Cooper S Boxing Glove [...]
Today we have a collection of MINI Financial Services brochures from 2007 and 2008. They are sometimes included with your statement if you have the MINI VISA card.
STEER YOUR MINI FROM HOME. Manage your account, make a payment, meet other motorers and stay up-to-date at the MINI Owners’ Lounge. Consider it your driver’s [...]
To promote the new MINI John Cooper Works Cabrio (Convertible) in Germany, MINI created this oversized “3-D” postcard. The phrase “JETZT AUCH OFFEN ZUGELASSEN” roughly translates to “Now admitted open too”.
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In January we featured the original Top 10 Idiosyncrasies of Your New MINI brochure. The second version, created in 2005 for the refreshed first-generation MINI, was called THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF YOUR NEW MINI. This version did not have the paper sleeve, but was a larger, single-fold sheet.
The 2005 version covers:
YOUR SEAT HAS A [...]
From BMW Group PressClub USA:
With 18,848 (prev. yr. 18,349) sales worldwide in May, MINI brand volumes were 2.7% higher. The MINI Clubman was purchased by 7.7% (3,624 / prev. yr. 3,366) more customers than in the same period last year. MINI’s traditionally best-selling Hatch versions also made gains in May. The 12,298 deliveries (prev. [...]
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