After the press hype about the Lamborghini Gallordo Police Car, it gets better….
OK, so some might argue a MINI Cooper S doesn’t have the same appeal or status as the Gallordo, but each to their own we say! This MINI Cooper S, in full State Police livery has become a new addition to “the fleet” of Police vehicles that are on show at the Polizia di Stato car museum in Rome.
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MINI International & ITS# Photo Competition Announced
ITS# is proud to announce a new partnership with MINI together stretching the search for creativity into the field of photography. ITS#FOUR will see the launch of a satellite project called ITS#Photo for MINI.
The competition will be upon invitation around the theme “Us&Them”, with a
dedicated jury, involving 10-15 schools dotted around the world. The judges will be looking at creativity, technical skills and theme affinity to select a winner.
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You’d have thought BMW and other manufacturers would have learnt…
If you’re testing a new car, it’s wise to keep it hidden, or at least, as hard to spot as possible. If you’re testing a whole fleet of new cars, best not park them all together in a line up for a happy snapper to take shots at..
Thankfully, they haven’t learnt.
Continue reading Next Generation MINI - Prototypes Caught Testing (Again).
And the winner is…MINI One Convertible wins What Car? 2005 ‘Best Convertible’
More space is needed in MINI’s trophy cabinet after What Car? magazine awarded the MINI One Convertible best in class at its awards ceremony in London last night.
The MINI One Convertible beat competitors such as the Peugeot 206CC and VW Beetle Cabrio to win the esteemed award.
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Many more MINI sales in Manchester (and the rest of the UK too).
MINI sales in Manchester, Nottingham and Newcastle have increased by over 10 per cent in the past year and record sales have been registered across the country in 2004. MINI UK has beaten its targets once again and surpassed the 2003 full-year sales figure by eight per cent, totalling 43,660 new MINI owners in 2004. Nearly 16 per cent of those registrations are MINI Convertibles, despite only being on sale since July.
As MINI enters its fifth year, Trevor Houghton-Berry, MINI’s inaugural and successful General Manager has decided to leave for new adventures. Houghton-Berry became MINI’s UK manager in 2000 and was responsible for leading the team of staff and dealers on the path to success. Notable milestones included 50,000 people visiting dealerships on the launch weekend of MINI One and Cooper, and the introduction of the MINI Convertible earlier this year. In April 2004, the 100,000 th UK MINI registration was achieved, a year earlier than expected, and the UK still remains the biggest selling market globally.
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Shift Faster With MINI.
Top MINIs with Six-Speed Automatic Transmission
Both the MINI Cooper S Convertible and the MINI Cooper S with its new six-speed automatic transmission are making their world debut in Detroit. This light and compact automatic transmission with Steptronic, adaptive management and an extremely fast gearshift of only 1/4 second, gives the two top models supreme agility, sporting performance, and the very best in driving comfort.
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Carbon Fibre You Say? Yes Please!
In the latest of a long line of rumours and information to find it’s way to the MINI2 “inbox”, we’ve had some news from a previosly reliable source that reveals MINI are planning to release a Ltd. Edition MINI Cooper S towards the end of the current, supercharged car’s life cycle.
Details are sketchy, but production numbers look set to be limited to around 4,000 cars, which will be very basic in specification (to keep weight down) and will include many unique carbon fibre components to keep the weight of the Cooper S to an absolute minimum.
Continue reading Light Weight Cooper S Ltd Edition Planned
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