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  • The 2012 MINI Avenue models, by MINI Yours. Image: BMW Group

    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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    2012 MINI Roadster Makes Its Video Debut

    Watch as the all-new 2012 MINI Roadster shows its moves through the back alleys of Istanbul.

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    2012 MINI Roadster Revealed In Cooper, Cooper S And JCW Trim

    MINI has taken the wraps off its new 2012 MINI Roadster, which like its recently revealed Coupe sibling will offer a number of different options for customers depending on their taste for performance. The latest addition to the MINI range is the sixth model in the brand’s current lineup and...

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    BMW And MINI Use Customizable Apps For In-Car Infotainment

    Yesterday, we saw Toyota's take on twinning smartphone and car to provide an enhanced in-car infotainment experience. By synchronizing your phone and car, you could use your phone's intuitive display in a larger format on a central dashboard screen. BMW and MINI are going about a similar concept in...

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    Prodrive Working On Road-Going MINI Countryman WRC: Report

    MINI’s new World Rally Championship racer, based on the Countryman crossover and developed by British motorsports and engineering firm Prodrive, recently made its official world debut and has since been throwing up dirt at a number WRC events in Europe. Next year the rally car, officially...

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    NHTSA Investigating MINI Cooper S Models For Engine Fires

    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...

  • 2012 MINI Roadster spy shots

    The 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe has made its debut in each of its Cooper, Cooper S, and John Cooper Works trim levels, and we’ve even had a chance to bring you a first drive report of the car. However, its open-top cousin, the long-awaited 2012 MINI Cooper Roadster, is still nowhere to be seen, although a 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show debut is now looking more and more likely. While the L.A. event isn’t scheduled to kick off for another month, we have a new spy video featuring a very lightly camouflaged example of the new MINI Cooper Roadster running some hot laps at the Nurburgring race...

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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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    2012 MINI Cooper Coupe: First Drive

    There are at least two ways to look at the arrival of the 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe: "Yay! Another MINI to love!"; and, "Another MINI? Why?" Whichever camp you fall into, the MINI Coupe shouldn't be called just another MINI, despite the fact that it very much is. Before we can make sense of that...

  • British Prime Minister David Cameron driving the two-millionth MINI produced. Image: MINI
    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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    Build Your Dream 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe With Online Configurator

    The new online configurator for the 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe also lets you play around with the options for the performance S and John Cooper Works models too.

  • 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe

    The 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe (and its S and John Cooper Works variants) have been revealed in detail already, and we know they'll start at $22,000 in the U.S., too. But as yet, we haven't seen the hardtop two-seater in production form in the U.S.--a fact MINI USA will be fixing at Pebble Beach in just a couple of weeks. Along with the MINI inspired by Goodwood special-edition car, the Coupe will be on display at the brand's stand at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Its debut is scheduled just a bit over a month before it officially goes on sale here, starting October 1. Check out our...

  • Leaked patent image of production MINI Pacemen
    Patent Images For Production MINI Paceman Leak

    The MINI Paceman is essentially a three-door MINI Countryman but with a sloping roof.

  • 2012 MINI Countryman John Cooper Works spy shots
    2012 MINI Countryman John Cooper Works Spy Shots

    The 2012 MINI Countryman John Cooper Works edition is seen here for the first time. A higher-performance, more road-focused version of MINI's all-wheel drive hot hatch? Sign us up.

  • 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Roadster spy shots
    2012 MINI John Cooper Works Roadster Spy Shots

    Only a few weeks ago, MINI officially unveiled the 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe, and now we have fresh spy shots of its soft-top brother, the 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Roadster. Despite the diminutive proportions, the JCW Roadster, like the coupe, will get its power from the same...

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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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    2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe To Tackle Nurburgring 24 Hours

    Joining the assortment of fully fledged race cars and hyper-expensive supercars at this weekend’s grueling Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race will be this very cute 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe race car. Based on the recently revealed 2012 MINI Coupe, this racing version picks up an...

  • 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe

    Yesterday we saw the reveal of the new 2012 MINI Coupe range and today we have the all-important pricing details for the car, which is set to go on sale this October. The new range here in the U.S. will consist of the entry-level Cooper Coupe, mid-level Cooper S Coupe and high-performance John Cooper Works Coupe. Pricing for the range will start at $22,000 for the base Cooper Coupe and top out at $31,900 for the John Cooper Works version. Note, all prices include a $700 destination charge. So what do you get for $22,000? Well, quite a bit actually. Power comes from a naturally-aspirated...

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    2012 MINI Coupe Preview: Cooper, Cooper S, And John Cooper Works Models

    The 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe, Cooper S Coupe, and John Cooper Works Coupe add three variants to the MINI range and mark the arrival of the first three-box two-seaters to the MINI range.

  • 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Challenge Edition spy shots
    2012 MINI John Cooper Works Challenge Edition Spy Shots

    Details are sketchy, but this prototype testing at the Nurburgring hints at a possible MINI JCW Challenge Edition car to close out the current generation's sales.

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    BMW Boss Envisages 10 Model Lineup For MINI

    MINI recently announced an $800 million investment deal for its plant in Oxford, UK to prepare for production of its third-generation Cooper model. The new model, spy shots of which have already surfaced, will be based on a new front-wheel drive platform dubbed UKL, which will be used by BMW for...

  • 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe official spy shots
    2012 MINI Cooper Coupe Preview

    Two years ago MINI unveiled a pair of new sports car concepts at the Frankfurt Auto Show, one called the Coupe and the other the Roadster. Now, just a couple of months out from the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, MINI is giving us a preview of the production version of one of these concepts, the 2012...

  • 2012 MINI Roadster spy shots
    2012 MINI Roadster To Feature Manual Folding Soft Top?

    Electric-folding soft tops have become the norm in convertibles over the past few years, where they haven't been replaced by complex power hard tops, but MINI is going back to basics for its upcoming Roadster two-seater, according to the latest reports. The news is a bit surprising given MINI's...

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