MINI E websites

MINI’s experimental all-electric vehicle, the MINI E, is being tested in the US, UK, and Germany.

official websites

MINI E Field Trial (MINI.com)
The MINI E Field Trial (MINI USA)
MINI E Field Trial (MINI UK)
MINI E Pilotprojekt (MINI Germany)
MINI E PROGRAM – Overview of the MINI E program by Richard Steinberg, Manager, Electric Vehicle Operations & Strategy.

owner’s [...]

PaddockTalk: A Pole and a Podium at Homestead

PaddockTalk has a review of Automatic Racing and RSR Motorsports’s results at Homestead-Miami Speedway:

The second round of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season was a memorable one for Automatic Racing and RSR Motorsports. Sarah Cattaneo earned the Street Tuner pole in the Automatic-prepared No. 197 RSR Mini Cooper S, while teammates BJ Zacharias [...]

MINI makes the podium at Homestead-Miami

While it wasn’t the 197 MINI that started on the pole, RSR Motorsports and Automatic Racing did reach the podium for the Homestead 200.  The 198 MINI co-driven by BJ Zacharias and Craig Conway took third place in the Street Tuner (ST) class.  Randy Smalley and Owen Trinkler in the 196 MINI took 23rd place [...]

social networking sites for MINI

MINI has always stood for fun, community, and technology, so it’s not surprising that MINI embraced the Internet and social networking.  Not just for marketing, but to connect a community of MINI owners.  From the start, MINI USA created an Owners’ Lounge on its website to give owners a place to discuss and show off [...]

GRAND-AM Homestead-Miami race preview

PaddockTalk has a preview of the Automatic Racing and RSR Motorsports teams’ upcoming GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.  The race takes place on Saturday, March 6th, at 1:05pm.

RSR Motorsports is back with their MINI 196 driven by Randy Smalley and Owen Trinkler and MINI 197 driven by Sarah Cattaneo [...]

MINI Countryman product design competition

MINI Space is having a product design competition for the forthcoming MINI Countryman.  You are invited to submit product designs for the center rail of the MINI Countryman.

To celebrate the launch of the brand new MINI, with its exclusive feature, we are opening up our platform to ask YOU, the MINI fan and valued creative [...]

“BAD MINI” billboard in Hamburg, Germany

On the Reeperbahn, Hamburg’s famous red-light district, MINI has installed a large billboard.  It features a Chili Red MINI Cooper S and a large whip with the title “BÖSER MINI.” (meaning “BAD MINI.”).  The billboard instructs you to send a text message with the keyword “SM” to 53335 to whip the MINI.

See a video of [...]

MINI Cooper vs. Citroën DS3

The automotive press has been buzzing about the new Citroën DS3.  So, how does it compare to the MINI Cooper?  Auto Express puts them head-to-head:

Don’t underestimate the new DS3, though – it stands a better chance than most. Its 118bhp 1.6-litre petrol engine is the same as the unit under the bonnet of the MINI [...]

2010 auto shows schedule

Detroit: North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) – Press Preview: January 11-12, Public Show: January 16-24

MINI Beachcomber concept

Chicago: Chicago Auto Show – Media Preview: February 10-11, Public Show: February 12-21

MINI Convertible
MINI Clubman

Geneva: International Auto Show – Public Show: March 4-14

MINI Countryman debut

New York: New York International Auto Show – Press Preview: March 31-April 1, Public [...]

Kelley Blue Book on the 2010 MINI Cooper

Kelley Blue Book has prices, photos, reviews, and feature lists for the 2010 MINI Cooper including the Hardtop, Clubman, Convertible, and JCW.

Go to Kelley Blue Book 2010 MINI Cooper.