From early on Friday right through to Sunday evening, perhaps the largest MINI event ever is being staged at the legendary Silverstone Circuit. The MINI United event only happens once every two years and this is the first time the its been staged in the United Kingdom. In this fiftieth anniversary year, it was inevitable [...]
In a move sure to cheer the hearts of all MINI fans, MINI Plant Oxford (or Cowley as it was called when Sir Alec designed and built the first MINI there fifty years ago) has confirmed it has increased production in order to cope with an upsurge in demand for MINIs. The Oxford Mail also [...]
Several MINI sites (prime amongst them MotoringFile) are reporting that the upcoming MINI speedster may make it’s debut – in concept – at the Frankfurt show this autumn. Not only that, but some of the necessary technological developments and refinements may see the light of day first on a future coupe version of the current [...]
This weekend saw the annual London to Brighton Run. For twenty-four years the London and Surrey MINI Owners Club has been organising this fantastic event. It has become one of the biggest events on the MINI calendar and tickets always disappear very quickly. In this fiftieth anniversay year, the event was particularly historic. Each year [...]
As well as being a very special anniversary in the life of the MINI, this Friday also saw the first of the small MINI events held annually on the quayside at Poole. Every Friday over the summer Poole close the quay to all but a certain make of car and four times over that period [...]
Although the MINI was officially launched on August 26th 1959, many MINI fans have been celebrating the birth of this most iconic of motor cars this very weekend. On Friday 8th May 1959, trusted engineer Albert Green laid out each and every component comprising the first production Morris Mini Minor and began a one-man build. [...]
On Monday, several of us in the Portsmouth and Southampton MINI Owners Club attended this small annual event at the Popham Airfield near to my home town of Basingstoke. For once, the rain kept away and a great day was had by all. We were the only MINI club at the event, but there were [...]
Okay, not really. It’s a nice attention-grabbing headline though, isn’t it? The reason for this update is to inform everyone of a fantastic event taking place on June 19th in Cardiff. The Cardiff MINI Club will be holding their annual MINI in the Bay in aid of charity. The event consists of a short run [...]
