MINI Coupe: First Drive

MINI Coupe: Concentrate of MINI My first MINI was a 2004 Cooper S (Model R53). It was Hyper Blue with a white roof and 17 inch S-lite wheels, complimented by a sunroof and cloth/leather seats. I remember the thrill of spec’ing the car exactly as I wanted it, and the agonizing four-month wait for it [...]

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MINI Roadster – first official photos / video

The MINI Coupe’s twin, the MINI Roadster has been unveiled with the first official batch of press photos showing the car undisguised.  

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MINI at the Johannesburg International Motor Show

JIMS is back this year and MINI will have “an awesome stand” this year, according to MINI South Africa General Manager Karen Valle. The big scoop will be the launch of the R58 MINI Coupe at the show. We will be attending the press days between 6 and 7 October 2011, with photo and video [...]

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MINI Coupe on South African Soil!

A quiet tweet from MINI SA GM Karen Valle, today revealed that the MINI Coupe is already on South African soil! Karen tweeted a photo from her Instagr.am account, showing the car with MINI Brand Ambassadors DJ Fresh and Euphonik. You can follow Karen on Twitter @MsIncredible2 and on Instagr.am @karenvalle

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Videos: MINI Coupe

MINI have launched a series of videos prior to the launch of the new model in October: MINI + VICE present: “ALL THE WRONG PLACES” More at: http://on.fb.me/ALLTHEWRONGPLACES – With wide eyes and daring spirits, MINI and VICE invite you to join them on an adventure of an entirely different sort. 5 wild locations, 5 [...]

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MINI ONE: Driven

Driving Impressions: MINI One We finally got our hands on a MINI One, for a quick spin. See our previous post for the technical bits. Performance With its detuned 1.6l motor “only” churning out 72kW (almost 100 bhp), we were not expecting too much. Maybe performance similar to a 1.4l… We were pleasantly surprised. The [...]

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Spotted: MINI ONE

We spotted one of the first MINI ONE at Lyndhurst Auto MINI. We hope to bring you our driving impressions as soon as we can secure some seat time. Externally there are a few things to set the One apart from the Cooper: The roof is always body colour – no contrast option is available [...]

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Spotted: Hampton

We spotted a MINI Clubman Hampton! See also: MINI Clubman Hampton Press Photos  

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A new MINI for under R200k? Introducing MINI One.

MINI is set to shake up the local premium hatch market again with the imminent (August 2011) release of the MINI One, priced at just R198 000. MINI One uses the same 1598ccm engine as found in the Cooper variant, albeit detuned to 72kW @ 6000 rpm and 153 Nm @ 3000 rpm (versus 90kW @ [...]

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