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more about #minicoopers more comments → Alfisted: Officer: Did you see who ran you off the road? Motorist: Yes, it was some punkin a mini. #motortober more » YankBoffin: This does give me a good pumpkin idea. I wonder how recognizable my car's headlights, grille, and windscreen would be if carved in a pumpkin. QOTD, ... more » skaycog: There's some great carved pumpkins out there. My car of choice wasn't among them, but this one is pretty neat. #motortober more » Lounge Singer Chamois: Don't they realise that the word before "-tober" has to have some phonic similarity to "Oct-"? Otherwise the effect is lost. Rock-tober - Yes Truck... more » MushyHeirloom: Image presumably captured at an original Mini owner's club meetup. #motortober more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Will these mini-pumpkins be twice the size they were in the sixties? I'll take two. #motortober more » ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter: Fantastic? Yes. #motortober more » FTGDWolverineEdition'09: SAVE A ROBBER. DIG THE GRAVE. GRAVE-ROBBER p.s: I know it's lame but honest to god that's the first thing which popped into my head. #motortober more » Ash78, cube farmer: Leave it outside until November 17th and you'll have the New Mini Coupe. #motortober more » snapoversteer 'bout to get told: Good find, Peter. How the hell did they beat Lancias and Porsches? #mini more » VeeArrrSix: Nice hat Comrade! #mini more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Mini should take these guys around to old folks homes everywhere to put on demonstrations. "See, you old farts, this is how you get to the bingo hall.... more » skaycog: I really enjoyed that video....it was very well done! Kudos to the Mini Company. If I could do any kind of racing, it would be hillclimbs. #mini more » Heavern2: What a great glimpse into the live's of two old racing hoons. Wish I could be a race car driver. #mini more » Boosted Lego Wagon: AC Shnitzel: We'll make you look like a Weiner. more » -
#adwatch
"Motor-Tober" Campaign Hopes To Scare Up Mini Sales
Mini's rolling out a campaign dubbed "Motor-Tober" to drum up interest in the lineup. The fall-theme includes the above ad and others, open houses at dealers, auto-cross events and the like. Wonder if there'll be a mini-pumpkin carving contest? [Twitpic] -
#motorsports
Rally Gods Take To Monte Carlo Course In Convertible Mini
Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen—winners, respectively, of the 1964 and 1967 Monte Carlo Rallies in Mini Cooper S’s—revisit the rally course 40+ years later in a convertible John Cooper Works Mini. More » -
#tunercars
AC Schnitzer Tweaks Mini Cooper S Convertible
German tuner AC Schnitzer has plied its craft upon the Mini Cooper S Convertible, adding fender flares, more "powah," a limited-slip differential and adjustable suspension. Basically it's a JCW Mini in extravagant duds. More » -
#spyphotos
2012 MINI Cooper i-MegaCity Spied, Maybe
Last week we showed you a clear front shot of what could be the 2012 MINI Cooper, or i-MegaCity. Today, behold the may-be-Mini showing off its profile and new rump. UDPATE: It's a fake! More » -
#newcars
MINI 50 Mayfair, Camden Launch With "Mission Control"
MINI released two new special editions today at the MINI United Festival at Silverstone to celebrate fifty years of motoring. They're called the MINI 50 Mayfair and MINI 50 Camden. But what's this Mission Control thing? More » -
#spyphotos
2012 MINI Cooper i-MegaCity?
According to French magazine, L'Automobile, this is an early prototype of the upcoming 2012 MINI Cooper or the i-MegaCity, featuring MINI Crossover Concept-inspired headlights and a much smaller, non-clamshell hood. Sacrilege! More » -
#customcars
MINI Cooper S Clubman Airstream Concept: Let's Motorlounge
Normally, a MINI Cooper S Clubman's towing capacity is limited to trailers no bigger than fruit carts. However, the Mini Cooper S Clubman Airstream Lounge Concept gives the little hatch a hefty-but-stylish silver trailer.
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#adwatch
New Mini Cooper Convertible "Always Open" Commercials Celebrate Going Topless
The 2009 Mini Cooper Convertible has a one-touch electric roof and an openmeter to measure it. Now, this set of adorably clever commercials from Mini implores you to keep it "Always Open." More » -
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#foundonebay
2007 Playmate Of The Year’s Mini S Drop-Top Pops Up On eBay
Sara Jean Underwood's Mini is for sale on eBay. There's plenty of pictures of her posing with it, but at $34,999 you'd have to be crazy to click Buy It Now. Or a stalker. More » -
#moviecars
The Tech Behind Movie Car Chases
Have you ever wondered how they got those incredible driving shots in movies like Transformers 2, Fast & Furious or Dark Knight? Thanks to Redline TV and host, Tanner Foust, we'll get an inside look. More » -
#genevamotorshow
2010 MINI Cooper JCW Convertible Revealed Ahead Of Geneva
Mechanically identical to its tin top brother, the 2010 Mini John Cooper Works Convertible is bringing high-speed topless Mini motoring to next month's Geneva Motor Show. More » -
#parisautoshow
Best Mini Crossover Shots Yet From Paris Show Floor
Ben smuggled back a couple gigs of additional images from the Paris Motor Show last week, including these shots inside and out of the Mini Crossover Concept. We got a live look at the diminutive soft-roader last week during the show, but these images give you quite a bit more detail, particularly of the laser globe center stack thingamajig. The whole car has kind of a split personality: It's the biggest Mini yet actually appears, from certain angles, more true to the original Mini than the regular version of the car. We'll see what the results are should they make it into showrooms. Press release reproduced after the jump. More »
