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Entries for July, 2010

Event – MINI Racing at Castle Combe

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 [...]

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MINI to announce rally return

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 [...]

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Event – Heritage Run/Gaydon Festival

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 [...]

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Refeshed MINI Debuts

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 [...]

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