Posted in BMW, Battery-powered vehicles, Electric cars, Mini on Dec 15th, 2008
Recently, the folks over at Edmunds.com had a chance to drive the “production” version of Mini’s new fully electric Mini E. The reason I chose to highlight the word production is because that’s kinda stretching it a bit. Only 500 Mini E’s will be built and all carry a forced lease agreement.
The price for the [...]
Posted in Automotive, Mini on Dec 1st, 2008
When the Mini was originally launched, one of the surprise sellers in the range was the fun little convertible model. The Mini Cooper Convertible was a steady seller for BMW’s Mini brand and earned its place in the new lineup.
While the redesigned Mini has been out for a while, the convertible is only now reaching [...]
Posted in Electric cars, Mini on Oct 18th, 2008
In a surprising move, Mini has announced that they will make a fully electric version of the Mini called the Mini E. What is more impressive is that development of this car was kept so under the radar that few people knew of it’s existence. Once it’s spec’s were revealed, people were really impressed.
This Mini [...]
Posted in Automotive, Mini, SUV on Sep 13th, 2008
I cannot believe I’m writing this, but as I type these words pictures are flooding all over the internet showing the newest Mini concept to come out of it’s design studios and it’s a Mini SUV. That’s right, a Mini SUV. All oxymoron jokes aside, the Mini brand is serious about establishing serious reach in [...]
Posted in Automotive, Mini on Aug 11th, 2008
The Mini Cooper has been the darling of 60’s British culture and thoroughly established itself as an icon. It was small practical, stylish, and performed very well. In fact ask anybody who’s owned a Mini and they’ll tell you, these are drivers cars.
But alas, as crash standards got tougher and as other manufactures started [...]
Posted in Automotive, Financing, Mini on Jul 28th, 2008
Automotive News is reporting that the U.S.’s 82 Mini franchises are out of cars.
I was skeptical, so I called the local Mini dealer here in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and to my surprise, they are indeed almost out of inventory. They only have one hard-top, a couple Clubmans and a couple convertibles in stock.
The story reports [...]
