2011 MINI Countryman Cooper S AWD - First Drive
Jul 22, 2010
Manâ¦a.. CountryMiniâ¦! Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel Amsterdam Bureau After my first get together with the Mini Countryman at the Wachauring in Austria in May http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2010/05/25/479945.html , the driving event that Mini organized for the new crossover vehicle s ... Continue reading
2011 MINI Design and Technology Changes Summary
Jul 21, 2010
2011 Model Year Design and Technology Changes â Summary Exterior updates* All models will have new bumper fascias, tail lamp assemblies and larger fog lights. * There is a new Adaptive Xenon headlight option ($100), and black headlight housings are newly available for Cooper and Cooper S (no charge option).* Sunro ... Continue reading
2011 Mini Countryman: First Look Review - VIDEO ENHANCED
Jul 20, 2010
FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW 2011 MINI COUNTRYMAN By Marty Bernstein Senior Editor-At-Large The Auto Channel Hamburg, Germany July 19, 2010: Last year when I attended Mini United, the bi-annual international gathering of thousands of Miniâs loyal and fervent owners outside London, England one of the better rumors was, â ... Continue reading
2010 Life Ball MINI Make Their Frenetic Debut on the Red Carpet in Vienna
Jul 19, 2010
On 17 July, celebrity fashion designers Diane von Furstenberg, Kenneth Cole and Calvin Klein Collection's Francisco Costa personally unveiled to the public the 2010 Life Ball MINIs they personally designed. Last Saturday night, the international style icons accompanied "their" MINIs along the red carpet laid out on Vie ... Continue reading
2010 Life Ball Mini Make Their Frenetic Debut on the Red Carpet in Austria
Jul 19, 2010
On 17 July, celebrity fashion designers Diane von Furstenberg, Kenneth Cole and Calvin Klein Collection's Francisco Costa personally unveiled to the public the 2010 Life Ball MINI they personally designed. Last Saturday night, the international style icons accompanied ... Continue reading
Pret-a-MINI At The Life Ball In Vienna
Jul 12, 2010
As part of its involvement in Europe's biggest AIDS charity event, MINI was able to enlist three absolute style icons for the design of its hotly coveted Life Ball MINIs: Diane von Furstenberg, Kenneth Cole and Calvin Klein Collection's award-winning Women's Creative Director Francisco Costa are all doing their bit for ... Continue reading
MINI Records Strongest-ever First Half Year Sales
Jul 5, 2010
MINI Australia today announced that 2010 had seen the strongest ever year-to-date sales performance for the brand, having sold 1,233 vehicles in the first six months of 2010. ... Continue reading
2010 BMW Group Innovation Days Mobility of the Future - The Electric Drivetrain.
Jul 2, 2010
Up to now, driving a car has always meant having a combustion engine for company. However, changes in the environment and within society have shown that using fossil fuels across all areas of daily life comes at an ecological cost. And, of course, the fuels themselves will not be available indefinitely. The BMW Group v ... Continue reading
Jul 2, 2010
By Henny Hemmes European Senior Editor Amsterdam Bureau The Auto Channel MUNICH July 2, 2010; It is no secret that the BMW Group is developing Project-i, an electrical mega city car that is due to arrive on the market in 2013. Electrical drive is not new for the Bavarian car manufacturer, who launched its first EV as e ... Continue reading
pub 2010 BMW Group Innovation Days Mobility of the Future - project i
Jul 2, 2010
Based on its review of current social and environmental trends (ch. 1), in mid-2007 the BMW Group presented a new strategic roadmap for the company â the âNumber Oneâ strategy. This strategy makes a firm commitment to profitability, sustainable value creation and safeguarding the companyâs independe ... Continue reading
BMW Group U.S. Reports June 2010 Sales
Jul 1, 2010
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., July 1 -- June sales of BMW and MINI vehicles in the U.S. increased 11.9 percent to 23,331 units, delivering the best sales month for the company this year. During the first half of the year, the BMW Group reported a total sales volume of 121,585 vehicles, up 6.2 percent from the same period last ... Continue reading
The New MINI Family - VIDEO FEATURE
Jun 29, 2010
MINI is giving its model family fresh impetus to continue its history of success in the small car segment with eye-catching design modifications, additional engine variants, an all-new selection of diesel engines and innovative new equipment features. The changes introduced for the MINI, MINI Clubman and MINI Convertib ... Continue reading
MINI Mingles With The Fans Of The World Championship In South Africa
Jun 23, 2010
The MINI Countryman in its typical way of being wears the popular and individually created hardhat and mixes up with the soccer fans in South Africa. If you believed the Vuvuzela had been the craziest South African fan article, you were wrong! Next to the famous plastic-trumpet, the Makarapa is the top-football-item in ... Continue reading
MINI Supports The Life Ball In Vienna For The Tenth Time
Jun 18, 2010
Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein, Diane von Furstenberg and Kenneth Cole crate three exclusive designer MINIs for a good cause ... Continue reading
Andrew Frankl's "Letter From Europe" June 2010 - VIDEO ENHANCED
Jun 8, 2010
Apple iPad, MINI Cooper, Maserati, Ferrari and More After 14 years of working for The Autochannel intially on typewriters (!), old Toshibas and early Macs the time has come to send you my very first report on Apple's new iPad.It is very, very exciting. I wasn't too sure about it but after a day I was sold. Sitting at M ... Continue reading
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