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One of the first books to be published about the new MINI was this one: New MINI by Graham Robson from 2002. The book covers the beginnings of the MINI from the BMW takeover of Rover, early concepts like the Spiritual and ACV30, initial marketing, moving to Plant Oxford, and the launch in 2001. In 2005, [...] MISSION MINI was a worldwide contest organized by MINI and held in Barcelona in November 2003. Twenty-one teams competed to track down “stolen” artwork by artist Peter Halley. The crime’s story and characters were set up in a short book MISSION MINI by award-winning crime writer Val McDermid. This 52 page book was available in [...] Published in 2004, the original MINI Cooper Service Manual by Bentley Publishers covered the first generation, pre-revised MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S from 2002, 2003, and 2004. This large and thick paperback book consisted of 800 pages of information for do-it-yourself repairs. When published it had a cover price of $99.95. In 2007, a new [...] Most books about the MINI come from the US, UK, and Germany, the three largest markets for the MINI. Japan is an important market for the MINI, just as it was for the classic Mini. In 2002, this small book called vol.2 MINI written by (Koichi Inouye) was published. Written entirely in Japanese (except for [...] In December 2006, BMW (and MINI Brand Management) published this first official book about the MINI. Filling the hardcover book’s 190 pages are numerous photos and illustrations of good design; people who inspired, and were inspired by, the Mini and MINI; and stories of the people who created the Mini legend and then the new [...] Wickenheiser, Othmar and Gert Hildebrand MINI Design: Past Present Future Stuttgart: Motorbuch, 2009 400 p. ISBN-10: 361303123X ISBN-13: 978-3613031234 What will certainly be considered the definitive MINI book to date, MINI Design: Past Present Future by Othmar Wickenheiser and Gert Hildebrand traces the design of the MINI back to its early days. The large volume, written in German, presents inside interviews [...] |
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