Mini

Today, the three millionth engine has been produced at the BMW Group’s UK engine plant at Hams Hall, near Birmingham. The milestone power unit – a 1.6 four-cylinder petrol engine – will be despatched to the MINI plant at Oxford, destined for a car to be built for the emerging …

Around 4,000 people have registered to attend the International Mini Meeting on Lake Balaton in Hungary, the 36th time that this traditional Mini Club event has been held. Munich/Balatonfüred. It was in 1959 that the Mini broke out onto the scene as a classless car, quickly took the world by …

Editor of Italian VOGUE presents her one-off MINI at the 20th Life Ball in Vienna in support of AIDS LIFE. Munich/Vienna. A special car to befit a special occasion: Franca Sozzani, chief editor of Italian VOGUE, has designed and presented her very own MINI model exclusively to mark the 20th …

Big on performance, small in number: The MINI John Cooper Works GP. Fastest MINI ever built – Best lap of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife: 8 min. 23 sec. Only once has there been anything like it, but even that wasn’t as quick. With the MINI John Cooper Works GP, the British premium …

The BMW Group continued on its successful course as the world’s leading premium car company once again in April with an increase of 6.1% in sales. A total of 145,505 (prev. yr. 137,195) BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand automobiles were sold worldwide last month. Over the past four months the …