Archive for the ‘MINI’ Category

If you were surprised by BMW's plans to revive the Isetta brand, this may fully blow your mind: the company is planning a new series of BMW vehicles called the "0-Series", which will be based on the third-gen MINI platform and feature front-wheel drive. The line should hit showrooms in 2013, appearing in three-door, five-door, and roadster versions. Sounds like another German automaker may be looking to compete in the growing citycar segment -- and scrambling to meet America's new emissions standards. [Jalopnik]

With a new Coupe Concept already revealed, and a BMW X1-based crossover in the works, MINI needs another follow for its unique cult of speed. The next convert--actually, a convertible--arrives today at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show in the form of the 2009 MINI Roadster Concept.

All but production-ready, the concept's been mentioned by BMW's chairman as one of the next new models to come from the company's junior brand. Officially, though, it's a concept for now, one with a purpose for "pure" driving.

Like the companion MINI Coupe Concept revealed last week, the new Roadster derives all its basic goodness from the current Cooper line of...

It's not even on the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show floor, but the MINI Coupe Concept is heading for a showroom, eventually, as company executives confirm two new models for the BMW-owned brand.

Earlier today, BMW UK corporate communications manager Graham Biggs indicated on BBC that MINI will get two new models, while the company itself announced plans to hire 1000 more workers at the MINI plant in Oxford.

"I think bringing these two new models to Oxford is a great sign to the Oxford area, to all the workers here at the plant, that the future for Mini and for this operation is very bright indeed," Graham Biggs, corporate communications manager...