The Silver Ring Rally is an event organised (mainly) by Daz of Minidirectory and Staffs Minis and Jeff H of P&SMOC. The event which starts at Silverstone race course today is a six day run to the classic Nurburgring race track in Germany. Along the way they will be stopping over night in Belgium to [...]
Motoring File has managed to get hold of photos of the interior of the 2008 MINI Clubman. It looks as if they were taken while somebody had the car n loan, but they give (so far) the best idea of what the interior is like: Here you can see the suicide door on the wrong [...]
It’s been out a few months now, but until I saw one of the MkII MINIs at Haynes, I hadn’t really got to appreciate exactly how much has changed. You would normally think, oh yeah, they’ve changed the lights, or the dash looks a bit different. Apparently every panel on the car has been changed. [...]
It never ceases to amaze me how little the US residents pay for gas. That’s unleaded or petrol to you and me on this side of the pond! We pay what, ninety three, ninety four pence a litre? That’s $1.89US (according to Reuters). Scott posted (a couple of months ago) that he paid, well… The [...]
This is a US advert (the accent gives it away…) for the MINI and the customisation of said vehicle. Some of the customisations are a little “twee” for my liking, but hey, it shows the options that are available. Some from MINI and others, the obvious (and normally cheaper) aftermarket suppliers. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1kodrRrT-8]
A trip to Yeovil from Portsmouth saw us at The Great Mini Meet at the Haynes Motor Museum in Sparkford. Organised by Yeovil Mini Club this can by no means be called a big show and for that reason I really like it. This is a show that’s about the cars, meeting and catching up [...]
07/07/07 – what a cool date and MINI2 mentions that six years ago today the MINI was released for sale in Great Britain. So Happy Birthday! Whilst on the subject, I heard a rumour the other day that the MINI factory in Cowley is closed for July and August so they can re-tool for the [...]
From about 1986 the powers that were made the decision to update the look of the classic Mini across the range. The decision was to fit 8.5″ brake discs for safety and up the wheel size to 12″ from the 10″ used previously. Of course, these weren’t the first cars to use the 12″ wheel. [...]
