Australian’s love affair with the MINI Cabrio is set to continue with the first official images released of this unique rendition of motoring freedom. The driving pleasure and individual style so typical of MINI are combined once again with all the flair and refreshment of driving in the open air. Read the rest of this entry »

Since production began in 2001 Plant Oxford in the UK has seen over one million MINIs leave for customers abroad. More than 80 per cent of MINI production is exported to almost 80 countries worldwide, including Australia. MINI sales in Australia are up seven per cent this year to 1,278 cars through to the end of July. Read the rest of this entry »

 After building 164,000 MINI Cabrio models the Plant Oxford home of MINI has closed the roof on production of the world’s most lovable drop-head.

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The long-awaited John Cooper Works Tuning Kit for the incredible new turbocharged MINI Cooper S has arrived in Australia.

The sports version of the world’s favourite premium small car gains an additional power boost, adding yet more wicked smiles per mile to MINI Cooper S ownership. Read the rest of this entry »

See it. Drive it. Love it. The new MINI Clubman is innovative, fun to drive and completely irresistible. Just one year on from the reveal of the New MINI, the family expands to welcome a new and very important new member, the MINI Clubman.
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Australia’s cheekiest convertible just got a whole lot more luxurious with the arrival in showrooms of the new MINI Cabrio Sidewalk model. Read the rest of this entry »

Film cameras whirred and photo cameras clicked as Mario Testino unveiled the Life Ball MINI 2007, designed by him, on Saturday, 26 May at the official Life Ball press conference in the Hotel Imperial, with the help of Sharon Stone and Nadja Auermann. Read the rest of this entry »

MINI UNITED MISANO, held in Italy in late 2005 was a huge success. A weekend festival to celebrate the world of MINI, the inaugural event attracted more than 6,000 MINI fans from 40 countries around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

The start of series production of the new MINI also signals the start of a new production network for MINI comprising three BMW Group manufacturing facilities in the UK. The MINI production triangle in the UK with its plants at Hams Hall, Oxford and Swindon has received substantial investment of nearly £200 million to build the new model and to increase MINI production capacity by 20 percent up to 240,000 units a year in the medium-term. The new production triangle employs in total 6,350 associates, a number set to increase by 450 to 6,800 in the medium-term as production nears the maximum capacity of 240,000 MINIs per annum. 
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Today BMW Mini launched their all new Mini Mark II. After building 800,000 Mark I examples, the entire car has been redesigned, yet MINI retains and authentically updates its key characteristics: cheeky, sporty performance, instantly recognisable style and go-kart handling.
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