The founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload has had his popular website closed down, and his extravagant car collection repossessed under investigations of distributing copyright material. Kim Schmitz, it seems, was a bit of a car nut. When you’ve got around $175 million in up to 64 different bank accounts […]
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MINI Coupe and MINI Roadster pricing for Australia announced
MINI has released pricing details for the new MINI Coupe and MINI Roadster micro machines. The two will launch locally later in February, in Cooper S and John Cooper Works guise. With just two models, and two variants of the models, the now-smallest MINI in the showroom lineup is promising […]
MINI ALL4 Racing X-raid wins 2012 Rally Dakar
A MINI ALL4 Racing has won the 2012 Rally Dakar with a time of 38 hours, 54 minutes, and 46 seconds. It was driven by Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret. After 14 torturous stages, all five MINI ALL4 Racing vehicles in the X-raid team finished in the top ten. […]
2012 MINI Countryman JCW teasers revealed
MINI is set to unveil the all-new MINI Countryman JCW (John Cooper Works) edition at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. The company has released these first preview images as a tease. The MINI Countryman JCW will be the performance version of the humble yet plucky four-door four-wheel drive […]
MINI Coupe pricing announced for Australia
Prices for the new MINI Coupe have been announced for Australia, kicking off at $42,990 for the Cooper S version. It hits the showroom floors in February 2012. The little MINI Coupe does seem like a bit of a confusing model at first, but if you’re after something a bit […]
2012 MINI Roadster unveiled
MINI has unveiled the new MINI Roadster, a convertible version of the recently released MINI Coupe. The new MINI Roadster features a manual-operated flip down roof and is shorter, lower and slimmer than the MINI Cooper Cabriolet. The 2012 MINI Roadster is part of MINI’s aim to expand model options […]
Prodrive MINI Countryman for the road planned – report
Motorsport engineering experts at Prodrive are working on a Prodrive MINI Countryman which will offer big revisions and enhancements in visuals and driving performance, as well as handling characteristics over the standard Countryman S. The Prodrive version is expected to output over 200kW. In the world stage of motorsport, MINI […]
Video: MINI Countryman WRC car review
EVO magazine in the UK has posted up a MINI Countryman WRC car review video onto its YouTube channel. The new MINI Country WRC car will compete in the rest of 2011 World Rally Championship and onwards. MINI hasn’t taken part in rally racing on an international scale since the […]