The weather gods had been kind, gifting us a long weekend full of cloudless skies, bright sun and low humidity. Such weather lends itself to dropping the top on a vehicle like the 2016 MINI Cooper S Convertible. And drop the top we did – morning, noon, and night.

In addition to the £500m UK investment announced in June 2011, MINI and BMW announced a further £250m investment will be made in the UK manufacturing operations by the end of 2015 at its plant in Oxford, steel body pressings operation at Swindon and engine plant at Hams Hall near Birmingham.

The actual name of this uniquely styled MINI is actually MINI INSPIRED BY GOODWOOD, an exclusive edition of the car designed by Rolls-Royce and crafted at their Goodwood bespoke center.

MINI finally decided to launch a JCW version of its large semi-offroad vehicle, the Countryman. The MINI John Cooper Works Countryman is powered by a newly developed four-cylinder engine boasting a twin-scroll turbocharger, petrol direct injection and variable valve control, and producing 160 kW/21

All along while developing the new MINI Coupe, The German-British company was also working on an endurance racing version of the car so they can celebrate its premiere by taking part in the legendary 24-hour race at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit. The racing Coupe is based on the production v

2010 Mini Clubman has been launched with entirely different exterior color that we know as warm chocolate. As the paint color is so tempting so is its amazing drive.

MINI has refreshed its range for 2011 and updated all models except the new Countryman, because well it’s too new to get changed!

Mini revealed their surprise for the Detroit Motor Show, and it’s a little car called the Paceman. Now it might be little, but there’s a very serious brute underneath that funky outfit. This car is ought to bring back the same driving fun and thrill of the original Mini.

Along with the new line of Cooper SD models, Mini will be launching a bunch of special editions this year named after London boroughs, districts and landmarks. Here we look at two of the first, the Clubman Hampton and the Pimlico hatchback.

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