Posted on 25th June, 2008 by Warren M
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The search for a fast and agile getaway car for the latest edition of Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy video game led to the MINI Cooper S being featured in the game’s adrenaline-pumping driving sequences. Developed by High Moon Studios for Sierra Entertainment, a global division of Vivendi Games, the highly anticipated video game for Microsoft’s Xbox(R) 360 and Sony Playstation(R) 3 made its U.S. debut earlier this month and will be distributed in Europe later this year.
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Posted on 19th June, 2008 by Warren M
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MINI has won the City Car/Supermini category of this year’s highly influential British Insurance Car Security Awards – yet another accolade for MINI’s trophy cabinet.
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Posted on 13th June, 2008 by Warren M
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While watching some old Top Gears yesterday, this pair of commercials came on, and made us laugh. From the ‘Ban Boredom’ campaign, the first shows a guy watching a tedious cookery show, before a MINI crashes through his living room wall. The second features vikings driving MINIs towards a bunch of bikini-wearing girls. Next time you’re sunning yourself on the beach, look out for any stray Coopers. It’d really spoil your holiday if one of your family was crushed to death. That’d be a tragedy…
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Posted on 13th June, 2008 by Warren M
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In the wake of skyrocketing gas prices, MINI USA has received more than 920,000 visits to its website, MINIUSA.com, in the month of May — a record 88.9% increase from May 2007. MINI, which established the premium small car segment and has nearly doubled its sales over the last six years since its launch in the U.S., is now the subject of unprecedented consumer interest as Americans look to smaller, more fuel efficient rides to help ease the pain at the gas pump.
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Posted on 11th June, 2008 by Warren M
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This summer MINI UK will open the doors to a brand new model at MINIVERSITY, the Oxford-based car manufacturer’s home at the 2008 British International Motor Show.
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Posted on 2nd June, 2008 by Warren M
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Munich/Vienna: Videos whirred and cameras clicked when Joseph Corre drove the Life Ball MINI 2008 over the red carpet outside Vienna’s City Hall in front of 40,000 spectators. Escorted by four models in “British policemen’s uniforms”, and with Sophie Ellis Bextor in the passenger seat, the arrival of the Life Ball MINI 2008 marked the start of the fantastic opening show.
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Posted on 15th May, 2008 by Warren M
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The name “MINI” says it all: Physically, the Clubman is not one of the biggest out there, but it’s got a bigger heart than any other estate. And now AC Schnitzer provides that final endorphin surge. With its new front spoiler, giving it a harder look than standard, the Cooper S Clubman doesn’t just catch the eye but demands respect.
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Posted on 8th May, 2008 by Warren M
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Aznom srl is proud to present the “Chateau Minì” based on the BMW Mini Clubman presented as a world premiérè at the Top Marques Monaco in Montecarlo.
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Posted on 5th May, 2008 by Warren M
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Get rid of your old car and get into MINI! MINI Canada launched its spring marketing campaign with an all-new, all Canadian initiative. The campaign invites consumers to get rid of their current car (by various means) in order to get a MINI.
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Posted on 1st May, 2008 by Warren M
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WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., May 1 — The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) today reported April vehicle sales of 31,448, an increase of 9.6 percent from the 28,692 vehicles sold in the same month of 2007. For the first four months of 2008, BMW Group sales are still down 4.0 percent, to 99,977 vehicles versus the 104,125 sold January through April of 2007.
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Posted on 25th April, 2008 by Warren M
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MINI and Life Ball have been synonymous for eight consecutive years now, and this years unique MINI will be designed by cult lingerie label Agent Provocateur, founded by Serena Rees and her husband, Vivianne Westwood’s son, Joseph Corre.
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Posted on 25th March, 2008 by Warren M
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If you didn’t catch last night’s Fifth Gear, here’s Tiff and Jason comparing the MINI Cooper S JCW model with Renault’s Clio Cup.
Posted on 20th March, 2008 by Warren M
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Fleet News has become the latest media outlet to nominate MINI as a green winner. In the publication’s 20th Annual Awards ceremony, MINI was named Best Small Car 2008 thanks to the introduction of new fuel-saving technologies and amazingly strong residual values.
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Posted on 29th February, 2008 by Warren M
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MINI Cooper Scores 5 Stars for Driver-Side Impact and Roll-Over 4 Stars for Front Impact and Rear-Side Impact.
The second generation MINI Cooper hardtop earned impressive scores for front and side impact and roll-over testing in the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) testing.
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Posted on 28th February, 2008 by Warren M
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Here’s a video showing the forthcoming MINI John Cooper Works Clubman in action.
