MINI Cooper News
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A brand new generation of the MINI Cooper is just around the corner, and that means replacements for all the different variants including the sportier S and John Cooper Works trims, as well as new versions of the Clubman, Countryman and all the other bodystyles MINI is now offering. However, according to a new report there may be some changes in store for the upcoming MkIII MINI Cooper range. The biggest change, according to Autocar, will be the introduction of a regular five-door MINI Cooper, possibly as the new Clubman. Aimed at families with small children who still want to own a MINI but...
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MINI Shows You The Fastest Way To Parallel Park: VideoParallel parking is one of the driving skills needed to obtain a driver’s license in most states. Student drivers often spend weeks knocking over cones and garbage cans before perfecting the combination of vehicle positioning and steering angle necessary to produce the desired results. If...
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MINI Roadster Designed For 2012 Life Ball Makes Its Debut
MINI has been a part of the Life Ball charity event since 2001, and a string of designers have given various MINI models a high-profile make over. Through the years, MINIs have been restyled by the likes of Diesel, Versace, DSQUARED², and The Blonds for Katy Perry. This year, a MINI Roadster...
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2013 MINI John Cooper Works GP Preview
You know all about the MINI Cooper. The Cooper S and John Cooper Works are all over the road. But the MINI John Cooper Works GP is something different. It's the fastest production MINI ever built. A full 19 seconds quicker than the previous MINI JCW GP, the latest version scores an 8 minute, 23...
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2013 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe GP Edition Spy Shots
While the MINI Cooper Coupe may not make a lot of logical sense (it offers the same performance, basically, with less space and functionality) it makes a definite emotional sense for many MINI fans, and some actually prefer its styling. Soon, it looks like the Coupe will get a limited-edition GP...
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MINI Supports 2012 Life Ball With New One-Off Designer Roadster
Since 2001, MINI has partnered with the Life Ball, an annual charity event that raises money to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS. Via the donation of 10 designer-prepared MINIs, that automaker has raised over 500,000 euros ($656,500) to support Life Ball in the past decade. This year is no...
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MINI ownership is all about customization and individualization, and that's why the brand rolls out special editions so often. In keeping with that tradition, MINI has announced the new MINI Clubman Hyde Park and MINI Green Park models. The two new models are inspired by the Royal Parks in London. These parks play a large role in defining the rhythm in the city, and constitute vital oases from the busy English capital and are particularly popular among the city's youth. MINI is hoping these two new models will be your oasis for your busy life as well. Hyde Park These special editions are...
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MINI Inspired By Goodwood On Display At Harrods Department Store
If a Rolls-Royce Phantom had an illicit love child with a MINI Cooper, the end result would look a lot like the MINI Inspired By Goodwood special edition that we first spoke of last April. While the MINI Inspired By Goodwood doesn’t get a 6.7-liter V-12 stuffed between its front fenders, it...
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MINI's Dr. Kay Segler Announces MINI Cooper GP II
Unless you’re a hard-core MINI fan, chances are good that you’ve never heard of the 2006 MINI Cooper S John Cooper Works GP, or, simply, the Cooper GP. Only 2000 were built, and only 415 of these made their way into the United States. As GP MINI explains, the Cooper GP was built to...
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MINI Announces Rauno Aaltonen Edition Cooper And Cooper S
If you’re not familiar with the name Rauno Aaltonen, we’re not surprised. A former European Rally Championship (the predecessor to the WRC) winner, the man known as “The Rally Professor” also won the 1967 Rallye Monte Carlo, behind the wheel of a MINI Cooper. To honor that...
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2012 MINI Clubvan Concept Previews New Commercial Vehicle
MINI looks set to expand into the burgeoning commercial vehicle market with a new cargo hauler, following the reveal of its latest concept car. Called the Clubvan, MINI’s new concept for the upcoming 2012 Geneva Motor Show is what you get when you take an ordinary Clubman, black out the rear...
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2012 MINI Highgate Offers Exclusivity In A Convertible
The 2012 MINI Highgate comes with a host of unique features and a convertible bodystyle, and is well worth the additional $2,750 over the price of the MINI Cooper Convertible.
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Well-known for its high degree of individualization in the buying and equipment process, MINI is also no stranger to building special editions. The latest dynamic duo is being built in honor of the 2012 London Olympic Games, based on the MINI Hardtop. The two models, the MINI Baker Street and MINI Bayswater, honor both real and fictional areas of London. In the case of the Baker Street, it's a locale synonymous with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous Sherlock Holmes character; for the Bayswater, it's a real place, west of the city center, known for its high density of bars and restaurants, and...
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88,911 2007-2011 MINI Cooper S, Clubman, JCW Models Recalled For Fire Risk
The 2011 MINI Cooper S Clubman is among the 88,911 models recalled for a potential fire risk due to a faulty auxiliary electric water pump.
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Clubman-Based MINI Cargo Bound For Geneva Motor Show: Report
MINI looks set to expand into the lucrative commercial vehicle segment with a new cargo hauler based on its long-wheelbase Clubman model. MINI is reportedly looking to preempt the arrival of the Fiat 500 ‘Giardinetta’ wagon by launching its new Clubman variant at the 2012 Geneva Motor...
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MINI Calls This The Best Test Drive, Ever: Video
Matthew Foster of Portland, Oregon, was the winner in a MINI-sponsored contest to describe the best test drive, in just six words.
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MINI To Offer Turnkey B-Spec Race Cars For 2012
MINI has announced the development of a B-Spec race car based on the MINI Cooper hardtop. The car will be available from MINI of Charleston prior to the start of the 2012 season.
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MINI Yours Lets You Create The Ultimate Personalized Ride
MINI wants to give its customers even more personalization options to create one-of-a-kind automotive art through a program called MINI Yours.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to investigate the MINI Cooper S lineup for potential engine fires after 12 owners of 2007 and 2008 models complained that their cars had caught on fire. Of the 12 owners, eight said that their cars caught on fire after the engine was shut down. Another five also said their cars burned completely to the ground. A total of 36,000 MINI Cooper S models were sold during the 2007 and 2008 model years, including the regular Cooper S hatchback, long wheelbase Cooper S Clubman, and Cooper S Convertible. The safety agency told USA...
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MINI Cooper London Debuts With Leaps And Bounds
MINI employed an interesting publicity stunt in launching its Cooper London.
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MINI Builds Its Two-Millionth Car
Just ten years after the modern MINI went into production, the two-millionth car has rolled off the assembly line at MINI's Oxford plant in the UK.
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MINI's Tenth Birthday Celebration Is Out Of This World
To celebrate a decade of MINI sales in Britain, the company is launching a space-themed celebration, complete with a grand-prize trip to Cape Canaveral, FL
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Patent Images For Production MINI Paceman Leak
The MINI Paceman is essentially a three-door MINI Countryman but with a sloping roof.
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Drunk Dunn Done, MINI Coupe Revealed, MyFord Touch Bombs: The Week In Reverse
Ryan Dunn's death in an alcohol-addled 130-mph Porsche 911 GT3 wreck shines a light on drunk driving dangers. [MotorAuthority] The 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe gets its official unveiling, complete with John Cooper Works trim. [MotorAuthority] Britney Spears flashes something new in her latest video--the...
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