Mini

2011 MINI’s: Cooper S and Clubman S

Mini is preparing a smaller facelift for the Clubman and hatch versions showed here by a Clubman S and a Cooper S. The front bumper , especially the air intakes, will change to look more like the newly presented Mini Countryman and the rear bumper will also get a new look. If you look closely [...]


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2009 Mini E: Vacation on the Tokyo Trains

I’ve settled on my favorite thing about our long-term Mini E: the way it sounds. It’s just the whir you’d get with any electric motor installed in a vehicle, but it reminds me of being on the train, and the last time I spent much this much time on a train, I was in Japan [...]


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Canadian police pull over entire Mini convoy

Every year, the Southern Ontario Mini Club organizes two charity drives – one in the Spring and one in the Fall. Over time, the event has grown from a handful of participating cars to over 30, and as such, this year the organizers let local law enforcement know where the caravan would be and when [...]


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2009 Mini E: Video – Hitting a Freeway Seam or Was That a Wall?

I knew that gnarly seam on the 90 West was coming up and how it makes certain cars dance while others are hardly phazed by it. But look what it does to our 2009 Mini E. And yes, had I stayed in the left lane it probably wouldn’t have been as bad but just for [...]


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East Coast Mini E Driver Finds Rooftop Solar System A Money Saver

But Says Fiscal Woes May Soon End Solar Incentives In His State Contributing editor Scott Doggett recently wrote a piece for Green Car Advisor about his experiences while using Edmunds’ Mini E to pay a visit down in San Diego to visit Mini E drivers Peder and Julie Norby and their solar-powered home. ———- Solar [...]


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The patent office reveals the MINI Roadster and Coupe production

The website of the European register strikes again. A month of the official presentation of the MINI Roadster and Coupé in the circuit of auto shows, registration renders even have come before we could get our hands on the official sketches, revealing the design of the new tandem. As expected, the bulk of the changes [...]


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2011 Mini Countryman Q&A: What the Insiders are Saying

Jim McDowell, Mini USA’s so-called “Chief Motor Officer,” has been heading BMW’s innovative small car division here since late 2006. In that time, the U.S. has become Mini’s largest single market, confounding the conventional wisdom that Americans won’t buy premium-priced small cars. Here’s his take on the new Mini Countryman, which made its North American [...]


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What is the difference between a mini quad and a quad?

I am looking to purchase a quad for a first time rider. It’s for a child and I am wondering if the mini quad is just smaller hense the mini title? Or is it like those mini dirt bikes that look like tiny ninja bikes? The engine sizes are the same I think (on the [...]


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2009 Mini E: An Eminence Front

So, I’m waiting at a red light and up pulls a racer boy next to me. I’m not paying any attention to him. I’m busy listening to The Who. But he revs his engine, and then he revs it again. OK, I’ll bite. Somebody needs some attention. I look over and he says to me, [...]


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Rooftop Solar Panels Energize Home and Mini E at Low Cost and With No Emissions

California couple finds EV and PV as natural together as chocolate and wine. By Scott Doggett, Contributing Editor “We live and drive on sunshine.” If you have the good fortune to spend a day with Peder and Julie Norby at their home in the Southern California town of Carlsbad, you’ll not only hear Peder say [...]


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