Mini

MINI has released a short London 2012-themed film, paying homage to the 1969 classic, the Italian Job. The film, created to celebrate MINI’s partnership with Team GB and ParalympicsGB, features a host of stars, including sporting legends Daley Thompson, James Cracknell, Jonathan Edwards and Matthew Pinsent, as they attempt to …

Munich/Oxford/London. This summer the best athletes from some 200 countries will gather in London, England for the London 2012 Games – the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet. A total of 302 medals for the Olympic Games and 503 for the Paralympic Games will be up for grabs between July …

Today, the three millionth engine has been produced at the BMW Group’s UK engine plant at Hams Hall, near Birmingham. The milestone power unit – a 1.6 four-cylinder petrol engine – will be despatched to the MINI plant at Oxford, destined for a car to be built for the emerging …

Around 4,000 people have registered to attend the International Mini Meeting on Lake Balaton in Hungary, the 36th time that this traditional Mini Club event has been held. Munich/Balatonfüred. It was in 1959 that the Mini broke out onto the scene as a classless car, quickly took the world by …

Editor of Italian VOGUE presents her one-off MINI at the 20th Life Ball in Vienna in support of AIDS LIFE. Munich/Vienna. A special car to befit a special occasion: Franca Sozzani, chief editor of Italian VOGUE, has designed and presented her very own MINI model exclusively to mark the 20th …