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Next year Mini will debut in WRC with Countryman model
 MINI is making a comeback on the international rally circuit. From 2011, the brand will compete at selected rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and will go on to contest the entire season from 2012 onwards. This involvement is planned for several years.The car charged with this task is the MINI Countryman WRC, which is being developed by Prodrive, in close cooperation with MINI, and is based on the production model. The powerful heart of the racing car is a 1.6-litre, four-cylinder turbo-charged engine from BMW Motorsport. The car complies with the new Super2000 regulations put in place by the International Automobile Federation ...
Tags: countryman, wrc, mini-cooper-s, mini-countryman, wrc-debut, 2011-mini-cooper
Mini works on a new city car concept
 Mini is said to be preparing a smaller, entry-level car that makes the Cooper a giant by comparison. The new car will be based on a modified version of the existing hatchback's front-engined/front-wheel-drive platform, but with a shorter wheelbase among other detailed architectural changes.Conceived as part of BMW's broad-based Project i mobility initiative, the new concept car would feature the company's future design lineage, which BMW Group design boss, Adrian Von Hooydonk, describes as being an evolution of the existing retro-infused theme, as seen on today's hatch, Clubman and Countryman. The concept would to share the current Mini platform, but with on a shorter wheelbase, ...
Tags: concept, city-car, mini
Superchip pumps more power in Mini Cooper S
 Superchips is a very well known British tuning company that offers ECU remaps for a huge range of cars made by practically all the popular automakers. They even offer ECU remaps for less popular cars, like the models made by Daewoo or even older models like the Alfa Romeo 155 or the Audi 100. The British tuning company was founded in 1977 and has its headquarters in Buckingham, England. Their latest project is for the R56 MINI Cooper S . Superchips decided that the 176 horsepower and the 256 Nm of torque developed by the 1.6 liter twin scroll turbocharged engine ...
Tags: cooper, cooper-s, superchips, superchip, pump, power, ecu, remap, mini
Citroen DS3 R3 - good and ready for production
 As you know, the new Citroen DS3 will be available in hot hatch variant also. But, at that moment there wasn't any rumors about the brand new variant's name; apparently this super-DS3 model will be called R3. At least this was what the inside sources informed PistonHeads, the exact same source broking the news last week.The sources state Citroen knows how the new R3 it would look, so now its development has green light, in 2011 it's scheduled for production. All of this, besides its name plate matching it on the hot hatch model. This mean DS3 will be made beginning from the 1.6l (created ...
Tags: ds3-r3, hot-hatch, citroen, production
The Hot Hatch Citroen DS3 will soon be here
 Get ready to enjoy the hot hatch variant of Citroen DS3, more powerful than ever. PistonHeads said, a source confirmed a DS3 stronger model will arrive soon.It seems Citroen is looking seriously to make a meaner DS3 unit. The source says this new DS3 will be made beginning from that 1.6l model (created with BMW plus the same that was used for MINI) making 150 bhp. The engine tweaked in between 170 bhp - 200 bhp. DS3 will have the same numbers as Clio Renaultsport, MINI Cooper S or Seat Ibiza Cupra.This new addition will not come sooner than 2011. But, until that time, the ...
Tags: hot-hatch, ds3, citroen
New teaser video of Mini crossover launched
 It is quite clear that we are getting closer to the official launch of a new Mini model. This time, the new member of the Mini family will be a crossover model. This might be weird, but the British automaker has high hopes for their new car. Until then, they have to keep the interest high, so they have launched some new information about the future crossover. This time, they have launched a video teaser in which we can see the Mini crossover heavily camouflaged. The video is 43 seconds long and it shows the Mini crossover in a weird kind ...
Tags: teaser, video, new, mini, crossover, launched, launch, british
First official photos of Mini Countryman hit the web
 Ever since BMW has taken over Mini, the British automaker started to make models that would sell, in opposition to the previous policy of Mini, which was to make cars that were appreciated only by a certain category of people, people who wanted to have a nice stylish car that made them feel good about themselves. Mini had a personality of its own in the decades that have past. Since BMW took them over they have been making cars that sell a lot better, but this came with a cost. A lot of traditional Mini lovers have started to avoid the British automaker, because they ...
Tags: countryman, mini, official, photos, first, pictures, web, crossover
Sebastian Coe test-driving a MINI E
 Sebastian Coe - twice Olympic champion visited recently BMW Group; he was accompanied by the Boaed Member - Management - BMW AG, Sales, Marketing - Ian Robertson. Coe, who is LOCOG's Chairman, 1st toured BMW Welt, BMW Museum, then he test drove in Munich a a MINI E.In 2012, at the Summer Olympic Games in London and Paralympic Games, BMW will be the there as Automotive Partner (officially), supplying about 4,000 low-CO2 cars to LOCOG.Cow said on his visit 'BMW is an exciting company with an interesting history and fascinating products. I am impressed at how intensively BMW is tackling the challenge of sustainable ...
Tags: mini-e, sebastian-coe, olympic, locog, testing, driving, bmw, paralympic
Mini Cooper 2010 won by a woman in Aaron - on HP Sweepstakes
 After a recent sweepstakes by HP (Hewlett Packard) and Aaron’s in Canada and America, Cynthia Norlin from Glendale, Arizona actually won a Mini Cooper 2010, valued at 20,000+ Dollars. Aaron’s said, there were over 4,000 HP Mini Netbooks purchased or leased at Aaron's areas during sweepstakes.The 1st prize winner, will get an all- new HP Touch Smart Laptop - 1,439 Dollars. The 2nd prize winner, the Texan Steve Hogg, will get a Compaq Presario Laptop – 899 Dollars.Ken Butler, the Chief Operating Officer of Aaron, stated for the press 'This is the largest single grand prize Aaron's has awarded in many years. This holiday season ...
Tags: cooper, prize, woman, aaron, hp-sweepstakes, 2010-mini-cooper, hewlett-packard-hp
BMW motorcycle American sales, down in 2009 with 22 Percent
 If you think the carmakers need hybrid units to be greener you are wrong. Here's the proof: the line up of BMW Group doesn't include hybrid models, got awarded with the UK’s Green-Car-Guide.com 'Greenest Manufacturer of the Year Award' title. BMW got awarded because it had the largest impact involving lowering the emission of CO2 in the UK during this past year.Paul Clarke, the Managing Editor and Founder of Green-Car-Guide.com said 'In keeping with Green-Car-Guide’s core philosophy, the focus of our Award is on best-in-class low emission cars, but the cars should also be great to drive, so the BMW Group offers an ideal range ...
Tags: motorcycle, sales, greenest-manufacturer-award, uk, bmw, u.s., 2009, efficientdynamics, co2
- july 2007
Mini Mini
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 183 km/h- july 2007
Mini Clubman
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 188 km/h- september 2007
Mini Mini Cabrio
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 230 km/h
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