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Arden turns out highly customized Mini Equipe

Forty years ago, a privateer Mini Cooper S specially prepared by Arden Engineering took the British Touring Car Championship, and today, Arden's modern custom house is celebrating the occasion with a heavily modified special edition Mini Equipe. The Equipe gets a custom two-tone leather upholstery...

June 25, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

The MINI E Versus the MINI Cooper S

Study: Domestic North American production outpaced by European, Asian brands by 2012

Mini planning 20% expansion in dealer network to meet growth targets

Lexus tops J.D. Power Initial Quality study, Porsche and Cadillac close behind

When it comes to luxury-car quality, taste often plays as big a role as fact, but J.D. Power tries to boil the issue down to a simple metric: problems per 100 cars. The... June 22, 2009 by Alex Kaufmann

BMW working on Rolls-Royce custom Mini

Special editions and the Mini seem to go together like rubber and asphalt, with no fewer than three out in the last month, including the luxury-focused Mayfair Edition... June 16, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

Official details and photos for Mini's F1-Commemorative ‘World Championship 50’ edition

What was previously just a rumor and then confirmed in late May has now become official: the Mini John Cooper Works (JCW) World Championship 50 special edition. The car was... June 10, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

AC Schnitzer's sportier take on the Mini Cooper Cabrio

Mini's aren't exactly known for their aggressive or sporty styling, instead choosing to adopt a more 'cute' appearance at the behest of its designers. German tuning house AC... June 5, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

Mini Cooper roadster set for Frankfurt Motor Show

Mini has been a giant success story for BMW, with the iconic little cars becoming almost ubiquitous throughout cities these days. With brand success comes more models, and... June 3, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

BMW wants to develop its EV technology completely in-house

Since the release of BMW’s official strategy back in September 2007, media sources around the world have speculated about the carmaker looking to either launch its own... May 26, 2009 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Spy shots: Kia planning new compact MPV based on No 3 concept car

Kia presented its new No 3 mini MPV concept back at March’s Geneva Motor Show, and within weeks the production version of this concept had been spotted testing around... May 25, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

Mini's Mayfair and Camden special editions

Mini unveils Mayfair and Camden 50th Anniversary special editions

Thoroughly modern yet pleasingly reminiscent of the original Mini, the latest generation offers a price, economy and handling package few can match. And today Mini decided to... May 22, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

Mini celebrates 50 years with special Beatles ‘Magical Mystery Tour' Cooper S

Mini is resurrecting one of its most famous models, a car that once belonged to Beatles member George Harrison. Decked out in psychedelic paintings, the legendary Beatle Mini... May 15, 2009 by Jeremy Weber

Mini celebrates 50 years of production at UK's Oxford plant

Tomorrow, May 8, 2009, marks 50 years to the day since the first Mini rolled off the production line at Plant Oxford, formerly known as Cowley. It's been a long and winding... May 7, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

The story behind BMW's Salt Flat Racer of 2025

According to BMW's 'MINI Space' team of engineers and designers, race cars of the future may be built out of old oil drums, bomb shells and BBQ grills - oh and did we mention... April 21, 2009 by Alex Kaufmann

Scion-branded iQ hatch concept rolls into New York Auto Show

The iQ hatch has been winning hearts and awards ever since its debut at last year's Paris Motor Show thanks to its cute face and its innovative design. Now it is catching... April 8, 2009 by Nelson Ireson

Arden looks to Mini Challenge Cup race car for new performance kit

Arden is a German tuning company that has a penchant for modifying British cars, namely, Jaguars and Land Rovers. Now, the company is looking to expand its business by... April 7, 2009 by Kenneth Hall

BMW Z2 Roadster to highlight new Project i family

In March of 2008 BMW first announced plans to establish a new research division called ‘Project i,’ whose task would be to develop a number of solutions for a... March 26, 2009 by Ralph Hanson

Spy shots: Mini already working on facelift for Cooper and Clubman?

The Mark II Mini Cooper was first introduced back in 2006 with the Clubman following less than a year later, so these new shots depicting both of these cars with some new... March 25, 2009 by Alex Kaufmann