VIDEO: ’11 MINI Countryman at the 2010 New York Auto Show

MINI brought their newest vehicle, the ’11 Countryman, to the 2010 New York Auto Show. A small crossover, the MINI Countryman bridges the gap between the classic MINI concept and a modern crossover vehicle. The MINI Countryman is a completely new car, unprecedented in the history of the MINI [...]

2009 MINI E, The new MINI Cooper Plug-in Electric Car

Recently there has been a lot of speculation as to whether the next new MINI Cooper would be focused around fuel economy and building a greener MINI or maybe some sort of SUV. Within the fuel economy hopefuls there were basically two camps, the diesel camp and the hybrid camp. [...]

Video: New 2007 MINI Cooper S at Firebird Raceway Dragstrip

Folks, we just posted a second video from the MINI Press Launch in Scottsdale. This video is footage of the car on the autocross course, road course as well as the Firebird Raceway dragstrip.

Guess which car is faster through the 1/4 mile; is it the 6 Speed Manual or 6 [...]

The 2007 MINI Cooper: A Little More MINI

The MINI Cooper is all-new for 2007, but you’ll need a microscope and a fine-toothed comb to find out what’s been changed. Fortunately for the MINI faithful, parent company BMW decided to preserve the car’s classic appearance and leave its character essentially the same.

Iconic cult cars like the MINI [...]

Video: 2007 MINI Cooper S Car Review and First Drive

Video of the all new turbo-charged 2007 MINI Cooper S driving in the mountains of Arizona. There’s also a little footage of the new MINI on the dragstrip at Firebird Raceway. Stay tuned for more track video of this updated go kart.

Video car review of the all new 2007 MINI [...]

More photos of all new 2007 MINI Cooper Hardtop

I’ve just posted a bunch more photos from our first drive of the all new 2007 MINI Cooper Hardtop. We drove both the regular Cooper with the 1.6L normally aspirated engine and the Cooper S with the 1.6L turbocharged engine.

Here is a link to the photo gallery with 60+ new [...]

First Drive: 2007 MINI Cooper, Cooper S, and Convertible

I just posted about 125 photos of the new 2007 MINI Cooper, Cooper Convertible and Sidewalk to the Roadfly “First Drives” Photo Album.

I’ll be driving the new 2007 MINIs tomorrow at Firebird Raceway and around the hills of Scottsdale, AZ afterwhich I’ll post initial comments.

Check back in a week [...]

The New MINI Cooper S Works GP at the Race Track

When MINI asked us if we wanted to flog one of the 451 U.S.-bound MINI Cooper S Works GP models around Willow Springs raceway in California, who were we to refuse?

This new limited edition car is the ultimate factory tuner model of the MINI. The 2006 MINI [...]