On Sunday 5th September I joined my friends from P&SMOC at this year’s fantastic MINI’s by the Sea show. Organised by the West Sussex MINI Owners Club, this event brings together MINI’s old and new in the picturesque coastal town of Worthing. The show is free and the MINI’s are displayed in a municipal garden [...]
About a week ago, my MINI incurred a rather nasty dent on the A-panel just behind the front wheel-arch. I don’t know how it happened, but I knew I needed to get it resolved as soon as possible. I went looking for a bodyshop that could do a flawless repair and to whom I could [...]
Both MotoringFile and Auto Express are reporting that MINI are working on a smaller city car. The car’s key attribute will be efficiency. We expect the highly anticipated 1.5 liter 3 cylinder engine to make it’s MINI debut in this new interpretation of the classic MINI City. With every ounce of technology at [...]
MINI has finally confirmed what was the worst-kept secret in motorsport; the MINI is to return to world-class rally competition. MINI will contest selected rounds of the 2011 World Rally Championship, marking the return of one of the sport’s most famous competitors. The new Countryman will form the basis of MINI’s rallying comeback, the four-wheel [...]
On Sunday 18th July I had the good fortune to join Surrey New MINI on their organised run to see the MINI racing at Castle Combe racetrack. As happened last year, local MINI dealer Wellsway MINI really rolled out the red carpet and arranged for a huge convoy to rendezvous in Bath before proceeding to [...]
We first became aware of MINI’s intended return to rallying back in February. Well, Autosport.com has news of an impending announcement and more details about the car! Based on the new AWD Countryman platform, the first rally MINI for forty years has been developed by Prodrive at their Banbury base and will be formally launched [...]
Recently, I had the good fortune to be able to participate in the traditional Heritage Run. Each year, a small selection of MINI’s of all ages travel in convoy to the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon for the yearly MINI Festival. As always, the convoy is headed up by 621 AOK; the very first MINI [...]
The latest generation of MINI’s have been officially unveiled this week. As you would expect from MINI, the exterior changes are minimal; when such an iconic design has been so successful for decades you don’t change anything that doesn’t need changing. However, there is still plenty here for us to report on.
The Hatch, Convertible and [...]
We’ve already covered the engine and exterior design changes of next year’s range of MINI’s. Now MotoringFile is able to provide us with a first look at the substantial changes to the MINI’s interior that will arrive with 2011’s new models.
MINI will be changing from shiny silver plastics to high-grade matte black materials. However, the [...]
Yesterday saw one of the biggest regular event on the MINI calendar; the MINI Cooper Day at Beaulieu. Organised by the MINI Cooper Register, this amazing event has taken place every year for twenty-four years. Having attended for the last six years I can testify to the fact that the amount of Classic and New [...]
