2009 Mini Cooper Convertible
Mini Cooper convertible is officially starting sales in North America. The car has been redesigned and is offered with various options. The basic Cooper convertible has 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine which provides 118 horsepower. The higher level Cooper S has the same engine, but outputs 172 hp. The car comes with six-speed transmission which can be either manual or automatic. Mini Cooper received soft top with a sliding-roof function. The roof can be opened and closed at 20 mph or less. In case of an...

Video: 2009 Mini Cooper Cabrio in action
After we presented you yesterday the official details of the 2009 Mini Cooper Cabrio, we thought it will be a good idea to see also the videos with this new car. Mini released 8 videos showing every details of it new convertible.[source]

2009 Mini Cooper Cabrio unveiled! Detroit debut, hits showrooms in March
Well, here's one car we'll all be able to cover in Detroit come January. BMW has officially announced that the second-generation MINI Cabrio will make its debut at the North American International Auto Show. No need to wait to place orders; you can do that now. The Cooper ragtop is priced at $24,550 while the Cooper S convertible costs $3,000 more. Customer delivery kicks off on March 28.So, what's new? Well, for one, the new Cabrio looks like the current-gen Cooper. Likewise, it shares the hardtop...

Mini the slowest-depreciating car in 2008
EurotaxGlass’s, the used car value expert, has made public its list of the top 10 2008 slowest-depreciating cars. At the top of the list for two consecutive years is the Mini, with the Mini One D showing the best investment over a three year period.In spit of it topping the list of 55-plate vehicles with accumulated travel distance of 37,000, the Mini has still lost almost eight percentage points in contrast to the same list last year, holding on to 63.2 per cent of its original value. [source]

“Project i” to feature electric cars better than the Mini E
Finished just in six months from start to finish, the Mini-E project is a extraordinary illustration of just what can be achieved when brilliant minds are provided the freedom and resources to produce a contemporary EV from a current platform. But at the bottom line, the Mini-E still only an adaptation of a combustion-engine vehicle, not a purpose-built electric car, and that’s a feature the final goal of Project i.The LA Auto Show provided an opportunity for a lot of the members of the press to try...

New Mini Cooper Convertible coming in March 2009
The current Mini Cooper Convertible pictured is the first generation of the design, which debuted in 2004, three years after the regular version of the retro-hatchback first arrived. Since the Mk II Mini Cooper hatchback arrived in 2007, fans of the soft-top variant have been wondering when the updated car would show up. According to the latest reports, that question has been answered: the new Mini cabrio is due in March 2009. Existing stock of the current model will sustain sales through July, and BMW...

Mini Crossman SUV concept to bow in at Paris Show
Not much has been heard or seen of Mini’s upcoming SUV model since independent vehicle manufacturer Magna Steyr confirmed back in October that it would build the new car. According to latest reports a concept version of the new SUV will be shown at the Paris Motor Show this October and will preview the future production model due at the end of next year. These latest renderings show that the car will likely be just a Mini Cooper with raised suspension and body-protective molding. In keeping with its...

Mini Cars in India
The car manufacturers in India are competing not only to make their vehicles more fuel efficient, but also to create low priced cars. Hyundai is planning to create a new mini car, the price of which will be starting at about $3,500. Right now their cheapest car in India is Santro Xing, which starts at $6,150. At 2008 Geneva Auto Show the president of the Hyundai Indian division, H.S. Lheem, explained the company is creating a new low-cost vehicle for India and China, but it will take about 4 years to...

The Longest, Most Expensive, Pink Mini Limo at Auto Exotica 2008
The Auto Exotica 2008 part of the 9th Riga International Motor Show will be an official world’s premiere of a unique – the most extended, the most expensive limo – built on the basis of a classical Mini version. It might be quite a surprise, but several stages of its transformation were carried out in Riga. The owner of this extraordinary mini limousine Regina Abdurazakova is a daughter of Kazakhstan’s oil tycoon and for the time being lives in Riga. She took a decision to invest a good amount...

Clubman makes Mini Cooper a family choice
Cute just got practical. Its name is the 2008 Mini Cooper Clubman, a logical and welcome sibling of the popular Mini Cooper. Introduced in 2000, the Mini Cooper was a modern rendition of a classic-the British Mini of the 1960s, although the new car actually was larger and closer in size to the Mini's bigger garage-mates, the Austin and Morris 850 models. Built in Great Britain, the modern Mini Cooper is owned by Germany's BMW, which builds high-performance, high-priced cars. The BMW powers decreed that...