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    Featured: Why BMW doesn't plan to integrate Apple's iOS 7 in the Car
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    While watching Apple introduce iOS in the Car during its WWDC keynote on Monday, we wondered how automakers, even the 14 who've already signed up to integrate this new in-car functionality of iOS 7, will feel about having the Cupertino company's mobile operating system supplant their own in-car systems. After all, some OEMs like Ford, General Motors and ...

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    Featured: MINI congratulates Porsche on 911 50th anniversary
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    The folks at Porsche sure know how to throw a good party for the legendary 911 (which, by the way turns 50 this year), as thoughtful birthday gifts continue to pour in from everyone including this awesome vintage photoshoot from close pal and fellow automotive icon Mini. We can only assume the inspiration for this matching yellow gift came after seeing ...

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    Video: MINI ad uses an explosive demo to serve as a warning to women who apply makeup while driving
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    Distracted driving is a very real problem. From drivers with phones dangling from their ears to those constantly adjusting the stereo or dealing with rowdy children in the back seat, anything that diverts attention away from the act of driving is a potential danger. And yes, that would indeed include applying makeup while driving. Publicis, the ...

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    Official: MINI expands All-4 to non-turbo Countryman, Paceman models
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    Mini is giving buyers the chance to sink their teeth into all-wheel drive on more models than ever. The automaker has announced the Coper Countryman and Paceman can now be had with the company's All4 all-wheel drive system. Previously, the option was only available on turbocharged Cooper S and John Cooper Works versions of the high-riding Minis. Buyers ...

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    Featured: Mini Paceman modified by Roberto Cavalli for annual Life Ball charity
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    This year's award for Life Ball Mini designer goes to Roberto Cavalli. The Life Ball is a charity event held in Vienna, Austria every year that raises money to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS. Since 2001, the year of its reintroduction, Mini has been involved with the ball, auctioning a car that has been made over by a world-famous designer. This year ...

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    Review: 2013 MINI John Cooper Works GP [w/video]
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    Location Is Everything Back in February, Mini invited me to come try out its brand-new Paceman coupe-crossover-hatchback thing in Puerto Rico, and not long after, we spit out a Quick Spin detailing our impressions of the little-big two-door. But here's what we didn't tell you: Mini also let us loose on those fine, curvaceous, tropical roads in its ...

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    Featured: A look at Mini's complex model history
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    What do Austin, Morris, British Motor Corporation, British Motor Holdings, British Leyland, Rover Group, and BMW all have in common? Each company has had a hand in bringing the world a sprightly, fuel-efficient, front-wheel-drive fun box on wheels – the Mini. The Sir Alec Issigonis-designed car has been sold under more brand names and with more ...

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    Video: Mini JCW Paceman vs. BMW M135i in family faceoff
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    Over the last year, we've had the chance to drive two of the most exciting hatchbacks in the BMW family – the BMW M135i and the Mini Paceman John Cooper Works – but Autocar has managed to get the two corporate cousins together for a head-to-head comparison. Just like our initial impressions of the Paceman JCW, Autocar has little to complain ...

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    Report: Mini may have overexpanded, some models may not be replaced
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    Surprise, surprise. According to Edmunds, Mini may be looking to reduce the number of vehicles in its range, which has recently expanded to include a total of seven offerings (not to mention the copious varieties of configurations found within each line). When Mini relaunched in the early 2000s, it did so with one model, the Cooper Hardtop, and has since ...

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    Featured: 2013 Automotive Brand Image Awards has some obvious and oddball winners
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    The sixth edition of the Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards have crowned a wide range of winners – in a couple of cases the recipient of the laurels might say more about KBB users than they do about the actual winner. Compiled from the responses of more than 12,000 shoppers on KBB.com over the past year, there are 13 categories broken into ...