MINI Cooper News
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The MINI Cooper has been completely redesigned for the 2014 model year, offering a brand new platform, three- and four-cylinder engines, and advanced safety and convenience tech.
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2014 MINI Cooper Teased In New VideoMINI is set to unveil its third-generation Cooper on November 18, the 107th anniversary of the birth of Sir Alec Issigonis, the designer of the original Mini. To get us excited, the automaker has released this new teaser video that provides several glimpses of the car. MINI is clearly excited about...
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MINI Outlines 2014 Cooper’s New Driver Assist FeaturesWhen it finally makes its debut next month, the new 2014 MINI Cooper won’t just feature fresh styling, a revamped interior and fuel-efficient three-cylinder engines, but also advanced driver assist systems typically found in the luxury segment. That’s the promise of MINI’s parent...
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2014 MINI Cooper Spy ShotsMINI is working on a whole new range of models, each based off a brand new front-wheel-drive platform developed together with parent company BMW, which will use it for its own range of entry-level hatchbacks and even the next-generation X1. These latest spy shots show a prototype for the new MINI...
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MINI Reveals Engine And Chassis Details For Next-Gen CooperThe 2014 MINI Cooper, the third generation of BMW’s modern take on the classic Issigonis design, will be revealed on November 18 and then showcased at auto shows taking place in Tokyo and Los Angeles the following week. Today, however, some of the car’s engine and chassis technology has...
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2014 MINI Cooper To Be Revealed On November 18MINI will celebrate the 107th anniversary of the birth of Sir Alec Issigonis, the designer of the original Mini, by unveiling the third generation of the modern MINI, the 2014 Cooper, at a special ceremony at the car’s plant in Oxford, England. That special ceremony will take place on...
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MINI has provided a not-so-subtle preview of the styling that will define its future range, by unveiling the new MINI Vision concept car, which the brand admits showcases various elements of its future design. The MINI Vision was unveiled overnight at the company’s design studio based in Munich, Germany and presented by its design boss Anders Warming. It only takes a quick glance to spot the similarities between the concept and the numerous prototypes we’ve seen for the third-generation of the modern MINI, the 2014 MINI Cooper, due out in showrooms early next year. However...
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MINI Clubvan: No Fans, Out Of The ClubDo you remember that cool little panel-sided version of the MINI Clubman intended to be a utility/work vehicle? No? Neither does MINI USA, much. Only 50 of the Clubvans were sold earlier this year, and MINI isn't selling any more. The Clubvan has been withdrawn from the market. Why? As Green Car...
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MINI To Stage Another World Record, This Time In MichiganThe MINI brand continues to expand into weird and previously uncharted territory.
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Roberto Cavalli’s 2013 Life Ball MINI Raises Almost $200k For CharityThis past weekend, MINI unveiled its latest custom ride developed in support of the Life Ball charity event that takes place annually in Vienna, Austria. This was the 13th consecutive year MINI has been involved with the event, which saw a Paceman crossover created by Roberto Cavalli auctioned off...
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MINI Turns Its Cooper Convertible Into A BoatTo help celebrate the 75th running of the largest inter-collegiate regatta in North America, the 2013 Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, MINI is taking to the water itself but not with its own rowing team. Instead, MINI has unveiled a seafaring version of its Cooper Convertible, which comes...
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First Look At Roberto Cavalli’s 2013 Life Ball MINI PacemanOn the 25th of this month, MINI will be supporting the Life Ball charity event for the 13th consecutive year, this time by auctioning off a Paceman crossover created especially for the event by Roberto Cavalli. The noted fashion designer is joining the likes of DSQUARED², Diesel and Missoni...
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Buy a BMW, and you can sign up to attend the BMW Performance Driving School. Buy a Mercedes-Benz AMG, and you can register for the AMG Driving Academy. Choose a Porsche, and you can hit the Porsche Sport Driving School. These are hardly your only factory-backed options, as nearly every manufacturer building sports (or even sporty) cars these days has a tie-in to a driving school that’s ready, willing and able to show you the capabilities of your new ride. One notable exception, until now at least, has been MINI. That changes with the announcement of the MINI Performance Motoring School...
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MINI Recruits Designer Roberto Cavalli For The 2013 Life Ball PacemanOn May 25, MINI will be supporting the Life Ball AIDS charity event for the 13th consecutive year, with a MINI Paceman created especially for the event by designer Roberto Cavalli. Cavalli joins such past notable designers as Franca Sozzani (2012); DSQUARED² (2011); Diane von Furstenberg...
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2013 MINI Cooper S Paceman ALL4 First Drive VideoPuerto Rico probably isn't the first place you think of when you think about great driving roads--or driving at all for that matter. Beaches, beer, sun, sand, and time away from work and the daily stresses of life--that's what Puerto Rico is usually about. But not today. No, today it's about the...
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MINI Clubman Bond Street: 2013 Geneva Motor Show PreviewIf you're a jet-setting retail therapist--amateur or professional--you'll appreciate the latest special-edition MINI Clubman: the Bond Street. Due for its public unveiling at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the Bond Street edition promises an extra dash of style on top of the usual quirky MINI...
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MINI Gets Weird With The Paceman: 'Street Attitude'MINI calls it "Not Normal." We've been known to call it "creepy." Wherever it lands on your personal spectrum, MINI's ad flavor is definitely unusual. The latest, for the new Paceman, is called "Street Attitude". Showing a guy that's in a hurry to grab some vinyl, pick up dinner, and flash his...
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MINI Prices The Paceman And The John Cooper Works GPIf you’ve been waiting to get your hands on a MINI Cooper Paceman, the coupe variant of its Countryman crossover, here’s what you need to know: the Paceman will go on sale on March 16, 2013, priced from $23,900, including the required $700 destination charge. That money buys you the...
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Automakers used to strive for world records in categories like maximum distance traveled over a 24 hour period, or maximum average speed over time, or even maximum distance traveled on a single tank of gas. These days, however, world records set by automakers seem just a bit less... substantial. Last June, MINI set a new world record for parking a car in the least amount of space, and just last week BMW’s pop culture brand announced an expedition to the Arctic Circle to deliver the world’s longest letter to Santa Claus. Since today is Guinness World Records Day, it was a safe bet...
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MINI Ends Its Involvement In WRC CompetitionCiting “a very difficult commercial environment,” BMW Senior Vice President MINI Business Coordination and Brand Management, Dr. Kay Segler, has announced that MINI will end its factory involvement in the FIA World Rally Championship at the end of the 2012 season. The announcement comes...
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McLaren P1, Hyundai Drops Motorsports, 2013 SRT Viper: Today's Car NewsSRT released pricing and build configuration information for the 2013 Viper, and there's no question that most of these snakes will be unique. There are nearly 150,000 different ways to configure the new Viper, from wheels to interior, everything is an option. In the end, you won't get your new...
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2013 MINI John Cooper Works GP Live Photos: 2012 Paris Auto ShowMINI revealed the 2013 John Cooper Works GP back in May, but we haven't seen it in in the metal until now. We spent some time at the MINI stand at the Paris Auto Show and let's just say we really like what we see. Why are we already in love with the new MINI JCW GP? Aside from the adjustable race...
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MINI Talks Development Of Its John Cooper Works GP: VideoMINI has already made it perfectly clear that its new MINI Cooper John Cooper Works GP will be the fastest production car its ever built, and a new series of videos gives us a good idea of how much MINI is sweating the details. While the original MINI Cooper John Cooper Works GP, sold only in 2006...
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2013 MINI Cooper John Cooper Works GP Laps 'Ring In 8:23: VideoIf MINI Cooper models were Mexican food, the Cooper would be mild, the Cooper S would be spicy, and the Cooper S John Cooper Works (JCW) would be extra-spicy. The limited-edition MINI Cooper JCW GP would be “Diablo,” with a heat level that required the signing of a liability waiver...
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