Some days, I don’t know if I adequately express my love for automobiles in every post I authored. I am truly a car fan and it is an auto show that reminds me just how much I cherish that interest in automobiles. Knowing that so many Automoblog.net followers feel the same sense of emotion with [...]
Recently, MINI has been growing to accept a broader range of admirers. As the longer wheelbase Clubman arrived on sale in 2008, the most awaited promise for the past two years was MINI’s first ever crossover vehicle called the Countryman. Showing off their interpretation of four-door configuration and all-wheel drive, it appears that the Countryman’s [...]
The original Mini, introduced in 1959, has become a beloved icon of British culture. Therefore, when a German company came along and decided to revive the brand, many Britons shuddered at the thought. Not only was it a non-British company, but with it being BMW, they assumed the new Mini range was going to be [...]
The latest addition to the growing MINI lineup, their micro crossover, the Countryman, has already attracted interest as the shortest length all-wheel drive automobile to be sold in North America. In a move that will no doubt gain more curiosity, the 2011 MINI Countryman will be the basis a new motorsport revival. Harking back to [...]
While the small car market in North America has reached record-high creditability, the high-quality European vehicles like the MINI Cooper arguably played a role on the slow road to B-segment acceptance. Using a famed and noble heritage which personified Britain for over 40 years prior, BMW engineering played a part in assuring the MINI Cooper [...]
Look, I like the new MINI, I really do. Small, quick and they handle really well for a front driver. But over 40K?! Are they mental? Sure, it’s (yet another) special edition and all that, but that’s some serious coin. First shown at the 2009 MINI United Festival in Silverstone, the MINI John Cooper Works [...]
OK, sure this is just a rumor, but it’s worth looking at, because it does (like a lot of rumors) make a certain amount of sense. Mini USA VP Jim McDowell recently said at the Geneva Motor Show that some of Mini’s competitors, such as the Audi A1 are going with even smaller powerplants than [...]
Back in 2009, BMW started talking about developing some electric cars based on current models and showed off a few technologies, much like nearly every other manufacturer on the market today. In May, they actually did something about it. On May 28, 2009, the first fully electric MINI E was delivered to its owner (well, [...]