MINI Cooper Ranked Most Appealing

Captures Highest Ranking in J.D. Power and Associates Study for Compact Car

WOODCLIFF LAKE, NEW JERSEY, October 10, 2002 (MINI USA) - The MINI Cooper has taken home highest honors as the most appealing compact car in J.D. Power and Associates 2002 APEAL study within the car's first year of production.

MINI Pricing for 2003 Announced

MINI Pricing for 2003 Model Year Announced

WOODCLIFF LAKE, NEW JERSEY, August 12, 2002 (BMW of North America, Inc.) - MINI USA has announced Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the 2003 model year MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S.

MINI Sales Top 10,000 Landmark

More MINIs Sold In 24 Weeks Than In Eight Years First Time Around

WOODCLIFF LAKE, NEW JERSEY, August 7, 2002 (BMW of North America, Inc.) - MINI USA has announced that sales have passed the 10,000 mark in the 24 weeks since the brand's relaunch on March 22.

100,000th MINI Produced

100,000th MINI Produced at BMW Group Plant Oxford

BMW GROUP, May 30, 2002 - The 100,000th MINI has come off the production line at BMW Group Plant Oxford today, 30 May, just 13 months after the car went into volume production.

Reinventing the Classic

Germany's BMW Reinvents Cult Classic

By HANS GREIMEL, AP Business Writer

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - BMW, known for its Teutonic precision in churning out luxury muscle cars, has undertaken the greatest cult car rebirth since Volkswagen brought back the Beetle.

This time it's the British Mini, the boxy little car famed for its squat silhouette and spartan design that has changed little since it first rolled off the assembly line in 1959.

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Mini Selects U.S. Dealers

MINI Enters Initial Contractual Phase With Dealers

WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ, June 18, 2001 (BMW of Norty America) - MINI, a division of BMW of North America, has issued Letters of Intent to 70 dealer candidates in 29 states, generally located in major metropolitan and progressive urban areas throughout the United States.

Success Needed by BMW

BMW Mini needs solid success to prove brand viability

PERUGIA, Italy, May 21 (Reuters) - BMW AG's new Mini will take markets by storm in the short term, but it remains to be seen whether the move into small cars will work for the German luxury car maker over the long haul.

Journalists have been driving the new car, looking like an original 1959 Mini on steroids, for the first time in the hills around Perugia in central Italy. First reports indicate that it passed its first test as a driver's car.

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MINI Production begins

Around 30,000 MINI cars are planned for production this year from the plant which has seen a £230 million investment programme in new production facilities for the MINI since July last year. This is in addition to the previous investment programme during the late 1990s including £80 million for a new paintshop...

New Dealers Notified

BMW received more than 150 Mini dealer applications from its 340 BMW dealers. After much deliberation on the part of BMW, they have finally narrowed the list. Yesterday selected applicants received letters from BMW indicating that they were on BMW's short list to receive a dealership...

Mini Financial Services

BMW Financial Services the financial lending arm of BMW of North America has created a special division to handle the finance needs of its new MINI...