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Report: Prodrive prepping Mini Countryman for WRC entry

Posted: Nov 06, 2009

While we still await the arrival of the road-going Mini Countryman Crossover, which has now been delayed to March 2010, Prodrive is reportedly prepping the vehicle for a possible WRC entry for Mini. According to a report by Autosport, a World Rally Car version of the Countryman is likely to be launched at the 2010 [...]

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Report: Mini’s product plans for the next couple of years

Posted: Nov 04, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, MINI

At the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, BMW Group’s Mini brand revealed the Mini Coupe and Mini Roadster concepts. Both models are expected to enter production and hit the roads by early 2011. We also know that the much-anticipated Mini Countryman Crossover will debut in the first part of 2010 with European and U.S. sales to [...]

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Mini Countryman crossover launch delayed until March 2010, All4 badging for AWD models

Posted: Oct 26, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, MINI

Last we heard anything about the Mini Countryman it was reported that the crossover would debut at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. It was originally supposed to debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Well, according to MotoringFile, the Countryman launch has once again been delayed to the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March.
Sources say [...]

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2009 Frankfurt: Mini Coupe and Roadster Concept are the Oxford Twins

Posted: Sep 15, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, MINI

- Key Competitors: Mazda MX-5 Roadster, Honda S2000, Nissan 370Z.
- Engine: Mini Coupe Concept is designed to fit a 1.6L twin-scroll turbocharged 4-cylinder with 208-hp/192 lb-ft of torque. Mini Roadster Concept is designed to fit a 1.6L twin-scroll turbocharged 4-cylinder with 175-hp/177 lb-ft of torque.
- Performance: Figures not available.
- Will it enter production? Yes, with the [...]

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Video: Mini’s Two Untamed teaser no.3 is awkward like the others, just more scary

Posted: Sep 11, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, MINI, Videos

Completing the three part teaser for the Mini Coupe and Roadster concepts, teaser no.3 of “Two Untamed” left us a little… well, frightened. Check it out and you’ll see what we’re talking about.
Teaser no.1 Two Untamed: Mirror
Teaser no.2 Two Untamed: Same
The Mini Coupe Concept and the Mini Roadster Concept will both make their world [...]

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Video: Mini’s Untamed Two teaser no.2 released, more awkward than teaser no.1

Posted: Sep 11, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, MINI, Videos

About two days ago, we brought you a teaser for the Mini Coupe Concept and the upcoming Mini Roadster Concept, both of which will make their world debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show next week. If you though teaser no.1 was awkward and freakish, wait until you see teaser no.2 called ‘Same.’ The series [...]

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Video: Mini Coupe and Roadster’s awkward Frankfurt teaser

Posted: Sep 09, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, BMW, Hybrids, Green News, MINI, Videos

Since BMW had a lot planned for the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, it decided to unveil the Mini Coupe Concept ahead of the big show next week. Since then, Mini has been generating a lot of buzz around the model and the Roadster Concept it will show in Frankfurt.
Today, the folks at WorldCarFans received a [...]

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Mini Coupe and Roadster to go into production, BMW will add 1,000 jobs

Posted: Sep 03, 2009

Filed under: BMW, Hybrids, Green News, MINI

So far the Mini Coupe Concept has gathered a positive reaction from those who have seen the pictures prior to the actual unveiling scheduled for the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. We’ve also seen a fuzzy spy shot of the Mini Roadster Concept that will debut alongside the coupe.
We reported last week that BMW plans to [...]

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Mini Roadster Concept leaked, Countryman launch delayed until 2010

Posted: Aug 28, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, MINI, Spy Shots/Renderings

From what we’ve been hearing, Mini had a lot planned for the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. We were finally going to see a production version of the much-anticipated Countryman crossover, a coupe and a speedster concept. So far, we’ve seen the Mini Coupe Concept and right now we’re getting our first look at the Mini Roadster [...]

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Report: Production Mini Coupe due in two to three years, will compete with Audi TT

Posted: Aug 27, 2009

Filed under: BMW, Industry News, MINI

By now most of you have probably seen the Mini Coupe Concept that will debut next month in Frankfurt. So what’s really going on with this concept and what is Mini thinking? In its press release Mini says that the Coupe Concept provides an “unusually attractive vision of how the model family may well develop [...]