Posts Tagged ‘Mini’

40 years ago this month, Sir Alec Issigonis, creator of Britain’s best-selling motoring icons, retired. The creator of the original Mini, the Morris Minor, the Austin Maxi and Landcrab 1800 ...

BMW’s involvement with the Olympic games is not a new event: nearly 40 years ago, it was again leading the charge at the Games of the XX Olympiad.  Leading the ...

The home of William Morris needs saving – and the National Trust needs £600,000 to do so. Nuffield Place is currently owned by Oxford Nuffield College. It has offered to donate ...

The MINI Coupe was an in-the-metal visual challenge for me last week in Austria. The swirly tape didn’t help. Covering the bit that’s different, emphasising the bit that’s the same. ...

MINI is helping pay off the economic deficit that is preoccupying Cameron and Clegg’s coalition Government. How? By making lots of cars and exporting 4 in 5 of them. Last ...

Citroen DS3 new car prices start at £12,100. Back in 2004, the Citroen C2 range started at £7300. That’s a £4800 difference. OK, the C2 was a 1.1 L (holiday-rental ...

HOW do you make a MINI One engine? Make a MINI Cooper engine and detune it. Simples. It’s true, as well. All 1.6-litre MINI engines, be they in the First, ...

MINI isn’t mini anymore – you don’t have to hunt on forums for long to find this grumble. Indeed not: the current hatchback is 3699mm, which is far larger than ...

MINI is going head to head with Nissan this autumn as an all new car sector fast hots up. The small crossover market is one both makers hope will bring ...

MINI is expanding vehicle production abroad with the new Austrian-built Countryman. The model is assembled by Magna Steyr in Graz, using a production line to be shared with a new ...