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Mini is a brand of small cars that began with the Mark I designed by Sir Alec Issigonis in 1959. Originally sold under the Austin and Morris brand names, Mini became the small car's actual name in 1964. Made famous by one of cinema's best car chases in the film "The Italian Job," the car's design remained relatively unchanged except for different front ends until the all-new Mini Cooper was launched by BMW in 2001.
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0Spy Shots: Mini
PacemanCountryman Coupe spotted testing 1337180400Mini will launch its seventh model – a two-door version of the Countryman crossover – at the Paris Motor Show later this year, and the spy photographers at Auto Motor Und Sport recently spotted this prototype out testing. Many sources have stated that the car will be dubbed Countryman Coupe when it hits the market, but we've also heard rumours ...
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First Drive: 2012 Mini John Cooper Works Coupé Red Bull roadtrip 1336680000
John Newton Cooper was not your average auto aficionado. Racing was never a leisurely pastime for him. It was his passion; some may even say his destiny. A freethinking race enthusiast with a mechanic for a father, he pioneered the first rear-engine race cars that soon became the gold standard in Formula 1 and Indy Car design. At a time when names such ...
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Long Term: 2011 Mini Countryman: April 2012 1336416300
April was a busy month for the long-term 2011 Mini Countryman, with over 4,000 kilometers added to the odometer and a heaping helping of people and things passing through its doors. When I picked up the Countryman, I was impressed by the fact that all four of its winter tires were neatly stowed behind the front seats. However, the biggest of Mini models ...
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Official: Mini previews 2012 Life Ball Roadster 1336334700
Mini has been involved with Life Ball, one of Europe's largest charity events, since the brand first bowed in 2001. This year, the automaker turned a brand-new Mini Roadster over to Franca Sozzani, chief editor of Italian Vogue, for a complete makeover. Sozzani dipped the convertible two-door in matte Deepest Purple paint with contrasting rally stripes ...
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Report: Why did this Mini sell for over US$65,000? 1336136280
There's good reason this Mini more than doubled its pre-sale estimate, and it's not because Neil Armstrong once drove it. No, Lot 307 at Bonhams' Hendon, U.K., sale was bid up to US$65,100 because it's an exceptionally rare early Mini, just the eighth of the iconic cars ever manufactured, according to the auction company. The seller was clearly able to ...
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Featured: Sonny Lim sketches the next-generation Mini 1335963480
Mini has made it clear that it is hard at work on a successor to the automaker's bread-and-butter Cooper. Word has it we'll get our first glimpse at the next-generation Mini toward the end of next year, and when it debuts, Sonny Lim believes the machine will be smaller, more mainstream and far less gimmicky than the current creation. Having served as the ...
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Report: Mercedes-Benz could reclaim No. 2 luxury spot from Audi by 2015 1335880680
A report by the Center of Automotive Research at the university of Duisburg-Essen in Germany has revealed that Mercedes-Benz, currently the number three luxury carmaker, could move up to number two in 2015, Automotive News reported. Mercedes owned the second slot until last year, when Audi overtook it. BMW has held the lead in the luxury market since ...
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Official: Mini motors through London with Hyde Park and Green Park editions 1335139200
Britain is not without its automakers, even if they are all foreign-owned, but Mini certainly ranks among the most quintessentially British of them all. Parent company BMW has cashed in on this with a succession of special editions that celebrate its Anglophilia. The latest are called the Hyde Park and Green Park editions, named after public spaces in ...
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Confirmed: Mini Clubvan concept gets green light for production 1334952000
Colour us unsurprised. Car and Driver reports that Mini officials have confirmed a production version of the company's Clubvan concept first shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March. We expected as much – after all, parent BMW has demonstrated real adeptness at building a myriad of derivatives from the basic Mini Cooper architecture, and the boutique ...
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Official: Mini puts Goodwood edition on display at Harrods 1334928600
If you want to buy a new car, you go to a car dealership. If you want to buy a ridiculously expensive and luxurious cashmere sweater in any color imaginable, you go to Harrods. At least that's the way it once was, but these days the swanky London department store has been turning its front window display into an automotive showroom. A year and a half ago ...