From MotoringFile: The classic Mini is a legend on four wheels, and its fans are loyal and love to travel. This year they will be getting together in the northern Italian province of Mugello for the 2013 International Mini Meeting (IMM). A tradition-steeped event held first in 1978 and then at a different venue each [...]
From MotoringFile: As soon as the second half of 2014 MINIs will once again be made in the Netherlands. To mark the occasion BMW is sponsoring the restoration of a 1959 Mini originally assembled at Molenaar’s Car Factory in Amersfoort, Holland. We’ll be talking more about MINI’s production plans and how they will be tweaked [...]
From MINI Space: Since William Morris opened the factory floor in 1913, Plant Oxford in Cowley, England has become synonymous with high caliber car production. It was in this very same facility (where the majority of today’s MINI models are also produced) that Sir Alec Issigonis’s original Classic Mini was born. The first Classic Mini [...]
Have you ever been so cold you wanted someone to set fire to your legs just so you could feel them again? On Sunday 24th April the historic Brooklands Museum hosted its latest annual Mini Day. This event is typically the one that fires the starting pistol on a whole new season of Mini shows [...]
From MotoringFile: At MINI Plant Oxford preparations are afoot for a quite extraordinary anniversary: cars have been produced in Oxford for 100 years now and the history of the plant, like its present, is closely intertwined with the one-off British small car. Where today the MINI is produced, the classic Mini – one of the [...]
From MotoringFile: MINI Plant Oxford celebrates 100 years of car-making this March, against a background of rising production, increased investment and continuing expansion. Today, Plant Oxford employs 3700 associates who manufacture up to 900 MINIs every day, and has contributed over 2.25 million MINIs to the tally of over 11.65 million cars that the factory [...]
From New Car Net: A ‘barn find’ 1959 Mini is up for grabs at Bonhams this March but bring your cheque book as ’620 GFC’ has an estimate of £10,000. Manufactured in 1959, this very early Morris Mini Minor is the 529th example produced and has been confirmed as the 15th oldest surviving Mini in [...]
From MINI Space: The MINI community is one of dreamers. Creative, ambitious – even contrarian at times. But all that breaking of molds can be exhausting! If you’re seeking the dream locale where you can lay your die-hard MINIac head to rest, there is a room out there for you. If you happen to be [...]
What makes a MINI so special? No one MINI is like the other. They’re built to be personalized. But when all the basic configurations and optional equipment choices have been exhausted and the perfectly tailored MINI still isn’t quite there, then a dedicated fan has to take matters into his own hands and add the [...]
Its Mini Fair time on Sunday, brought to you by the British Mini Club. With an improving weather forecast for the weekend Mini Fair will be going ahead as planned. They have over 100 trade stands and some beautiful Classic Mini’s and new MINI’s for everyone to see. Plus win a superb Italian Job Mini [...]
