The countdown is on to the return of MINI on the international motorsport stage. This season, the new MINI WRC Team will compete at selected rounds in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). The aim is to gain valuable experience, in order to be perfectly prepared for the complete 2012 World Championship season. The MINI [...]
To celebrate the New Mini Blizzard® Treat, DQ has assembled an elite task force known as the Mini Blizzard Treatsmen to treat the world in a BIG, mini way. But, they need your help. Give someone you know your own Mini Blizzard Treatment and you could win one of 6 Mini Cooper Countrymans! Submit a [...]
Oh, those wacky Germans and their car-sharing schemes. BMW said yesterday that it would launch a pilot car-sharing program, first in Munich and then in Berlin, starting next month. The cooperative venture with Sixt AG will be called DriveNow. BMW says DriveNow will be the “first-ever car-sharing scheme offering premium models,” in this case its [...]
What you see here is a mini SUV. No, really. It’s a MINI SUV. For the first time in the MINI’s history, it’s been jacked up, given extra doors, and all-wheel drive. It’s called the Countryman ALL4, and it’s labelled a Sport Activity Vehicle. That means, of course, it can climb a kerb, but when [...]
Wanderlust is the desire to travel and wander the world. It means escaping the everyday grind and monotony and letting yourself break FREE. For our new MINI Space design competition, we want to know what ‘Wanderlust’ symbolizes to you. Is it the act of letting loose and seeking thrilling adventure? Or is it as simple [...]
This just-released sneak peek at Sunday’s series finale of HBO’s polygamy drama Big Love could be mistaken as a commercial for the Mini Cooper — or as almost-empty nester Barb calls her new car, “Honeybee” — a nickname that recalls the nickname for Beyonce in an another post-Thelma & Louise female getaway fantasy, Lady Gaga’s [...]