Mini News

As recently discussed over at our sister site BimmerFile, there are few guilty pleasures that rival driving a winter-tire equipped rear wheel drive car in snow.

As you'd expect from Tesla it's a fully electric product. Though you wouldn't expect it though, it's got some flair with what Tesla's calling "falcon" doors, which act similarly to Gullwing doors except they're a bit more practical.

Two garage attendants are talking about the svelte Mini Cooper Coupe I've just parked.

The Mini was an iconic part of the pop culture of the 1960s, particularly in Britain, and now Dubbo man Robert Layord owns his own piece of an era that will never be repeated.

Six agencies have made it to Mini Cooper's creative and media review in the US. The car firm's marketing executives will visit the agencies before selecting the three finalists, says AdAge magazine.

Source: www.journalhome.com --- Friday, February 10, 2012Thecarchik writes "The new, all-electric Tesla Model X crossover, which was introduced on stage by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , isn't exactly a step toward the mass market.

Hundreds of miles of Europe's busiest waterway are frozen solid - and from Bavaria to Bulgaria, the continent's economy is seizing up too.

The 104th Chicago Auto Show opens to the public Friday. It claims to be the largest auto show in North America... The 104th Chicago Auto Show opens to the public Friday.

London-based signage specialist, Creative FX, has applied new Olympic-themed graphics to the windows of BMW Mini's flagship store in Park Lane as part of BMWs campaign to support the 2012 games.

Battery-powered, all-wheel drive, seven-seat Model X can take seven real adults and their luggage, says Tesla CEO and co-founder Elon Musk.

The concert, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will feature the schools' orchestras and food for the crowd.

After years of wandering through thickets of gas-guzzlers, practical-minded motorists now are treated to an abundance of economical small cars and not a clunker in the bunch.

The first thing I do when I encounter a new car like the 2012 Mini Cooper S Roadster on a press junket is to quickly walk around it.

Cooper Solutions, based in Barford, has hired David Goode as its 'man in the chair' to monitor activity on its trade vehicle auction site FullAuction, which operates over 100 live used car auctions at any given time.

An employee checks a Mini Cooper automobile, by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, as it passes along the production line at the company's Cowley plant in Oxford.

The following products and vehicles were recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

What happens when a dream becomes reality? In the case of the Kia Track'ster concept unveiled at today's Chicago Auto Show, car enthusiasts begin to salivate.

Hot on the heels of the MINI Baker Street and MINI Bayswater comes the third in a trio of special editions for spring 2012 the all-new MINI Highgate.

John Pugh, director of the automotive group at Czarnowski on the North Side, shows a display for the automaker Scion.

Much as we love the Mini Clubman and its rear-hinged, passenger-side door, this would be an incredibly stupid idea.