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Archive for May, 2011

Best And Worst Fuel Economy – Sports Cars

Tuesday, 17 May, 2011

From Edmunds AutoObserver – full article here.   Sports cars are designed to be driven hard and fast and thus any that are worthy of the name are likely not going to be high on anyone’s list of fuel-efficient transportation choices. But as Edmunds.com broadly defines the segment, there’s a pretty big spread in monthly fuel [...]

MINI Returns to Motorsport

Monday, 9 May, 2011

MINI – THE LIVING MOTORSPORT LEGEND. Having enjoyed success at the Rallye Monte Carlo with the Classic Mini Cooper S in the 1960s, MINI is resuming its love affair with rallying this season, and will line up at selected events in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) 2011. The MINI Challenge will once again thrill [...]

Mini Teases the 2011 Life Ball “Red Mudder”

Monday, 9 May, 2011

From Edmunds Inside Line… VIENNA, Austria — Canadian twins Dean and Dan Caten, of the design house DSQUARED 2, have been selected to design this year’s one-off Mini Cooper, to be auctioned later this month at the 2011 Life Ball, Europe’s biggest AIDS charity event. Judging from sketches released Monday, the Catens’ “Red Mudder” will [...]