Posts Tagged ‘Mini’
Geneva ’11: The good, the bad and the ugly
So this year’s Geneva motor show has been and gone and what a corker it was! There wasn’t an obtrusive environmental wave but more of an accepting attitude to change, the financial doom and gloom that overshadowed the show last year stayed away and it seemed to be lambing season in the supercar world. Here is our round ...
The cars that mattered from NAIAS
This week saw motor city turn on the spot lights at the American International Auto Show to allow pretty girls to pull the sheets off some fresh metal. There wasn’t as much action as some European motor shows but here are the five cars that really mattered from the show floor. Porsche 918 RSR Easily ...
Not so special, special editions
The person who sticks the badges on the back of Porsche’s used to have the easiest job in the world. All he had to do was get some glue, grab one nine, two ones and stick them on the back of the car. But over the last couple of years the dedicated badge man has ...
Photoshop smoke and mirrors
Photoshop is a dark art. It is to blame for 14 year olds striving for that size zero look and can even make a Mini Countryman look good, no really. Check it out.
A Mini WRC adventure
It’s official, MINI is back in the WRC. Well, MINI isn’t actually back from anything because it has never rallied. But the loose strains of Mini DNA which BMW bought in 2000 are finally going to rally again. MINI will be using the CoUNTryman to try and relieve their previous rally heritage, which I think ...
Maddest Mini engine swap ever!
The Mini D is the sensible, frugal and efficient option in the new MINI range. A diesel powered Mini was never available in 1959, especially a diesel engine with 3500 brake horsepower. What you see here may be the maddest engine swap in history. We are used to seeing old Mini’s with Honda VTEC engines ...
Spank the Mini
I knew the Mini was cheeky, but I didn’t know it was this cheeky.
Mini Countryman kills two innocent bystanders
Firstly let me apologies on behalf of my caps lock key as it keeps randomly sticking. But we have just heard that a Mini CoUNTryman is suspected of murdering two innocent bystanders. Early reports suggest that the new crossover SUV was just parked up when the two middle aged lovers were struck down by a brutal wave ...
The revival of the Art Car
Special edition cars are generally always cool, especially when companies try to express their artistic side. BMW made ‘Art Cars’ famous with the original BMW 3.0 CSL back in 1975. Since then there has been a distinct lack of artistic expressionism on cars. The closest thing we have had to an Art Car was a ...
Is the MiTo GTA the Cooper S killer?
Isn’t the Mini Cooper S just a bit nonchalant nowadays? There is no question that it is a fantastic city car with more chuck-ability than a Frisbee but isn’t it time something should knock it off it’s pedestal. Well now the Italians are fighting back at the Germans with all the ammunition they have. The ...