New impressive Showroom MINI by Spanos SA
MINI USA Celebrates First Complete Season in IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series
- MINI JCW Team completes first full season in the Street Tuner class
- Team built on momentum of partial 2015 season with poles, podium finishes and front row starts
MINI USA is proud to congratulate the MINI JCW Race Team and LAP Motorsports Team Owner Luis Perocarpi on completing their first full season of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series in the Street Tuner class. The first factory-supported race team for MINI in U.S. sports car racing had an amazing season, building on the momentum of the partial season last year that concluded with the #73 MINI JCW driven by Mat Pombo and Derek Jones on the podium with a second place finish at Road Atlanta.
Benito Guerra Jr. winner of the Panam MINI Challenge of the 2016 Carrera Panamericana crown
- The British brand shocked by their performance in the various sections of the competition.
La Carrera Panamericana 2016 came to an end and with it the category winners Panam MINI Challenge which made its debut this year within this iconic competition were defined. Benito Guerra Jr. and co-driver Jaime Zapata won the 1st place in the category aboard a MINI Cooper S.
More women than ever join the classic car market
- Numbers grow by 40% in the last two years
- 1 in 4 women (26%) would now consider buying a classic car
- Birmingham top place in the country for female classic owners
- Women revealed to be more successful than men at spotting appreciating models
Women are increasingly entering the classic car market and becoming savvier investors in the process, according to new research by classic car insurance broker Footman James, part of the Towergate group.
LAUNCH: The New MINI Countryman (F60)
- All-new Countryman enters the C-segment with increased dimensions, powerful proportions and rugged styling
- Five full sized seats, with a clear increase in space and versatility and a premium cabin ambience
- MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4: the first ever MINI with plug-in hybrid drive
- New generation of engines and gearboxes, ALL4 efficiency-optimised all-wheel drive system
- High level of equipment – Satellite Navigation, Bluetooth, Emergency E-call and more, now standard on all models
- Central instrument with a touchscreen function for the first time in a MINI
- Electronic tailgate control as well as touch-free opening and closing of the tailgate
- New, unique options, including MINI Picnic Bench: foldout loading sill cushion on the luggage compartment lid for outdoor use
- Order books open at MINI retailers today, MINI Cooper Countryman priced from £22,465. First customer deliveries in February 2017
The new MINI Countryman is the biggest and most versatile model to be launched in the brand’s 57-year history. With its larger external dimensions, and increases in space throughout the cabin and luggage area, it offers occupants even greater comfort and a genuinely premium ambience. Useful new features such as electric tailgate control with touch-free opening and unique options, including a fold down picnic bench at the rear, add to the ownership experience.
FMI steps in with three year motor industry bursary
PRODUCTS: Lifeline Fire Suppression system
Motorsport
On show in Europe for the first time at the Professional Motorsport World Expo will be Lifeline's new Zero 3620 Firemarshal, a further development of the successful Zero 3620 fire suppression system, designed to meet an increase in demand as more categories are required to use systems approved to the FIA 8865 fire suppression standard.
BCA Auction throws up Jurassic find
Continental WinterContact TS 860 leads Auto Express winter tyre test 2016
In its UK tyre test debut, the Continental WinterContact TS 860 has won a coveted award from the UK's no1 weekly selling car magazine, Auto Express, winning the 2016 winter tyre test.
LAUNCH: The new MINI Countryman Plug-In Hybrid
- The new MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4
- The brand’s first ever plug-in hybrid model
- High-quality BMW Group eDrive components developed specifically for MINI Countryman
- 3-cylinder petrol engine and electric motor combine to produce a total system output of 224 hp
- 0-62 mph time of just 6.9 seconds
- CO2 emissions of 49 g/km and average fuel consumption of 134.5 mpg
- Electric driving at speeds of up to 78 mph with a range of up to 25 miles
- Innovative driving experience due to the electrified all-wheel drive system.
Hallmark MINI driving experience with zero tailpipe emissions, the new MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 is the first plug-in hybrid model offered by the premium British brand. This new Countryman model provides the option of purely electric and therefore emissions-free mobility.
MINI Carbon Pro launched in Poland
“The sportiest cars in 2016”: the MINI John Cooper Works repeats last year’s victory
My Car Check names UK’s best and worst towns for write-off risk… and they’re only 30 miles apart!
New figures from My Car Check show that Billingshurst in West Sussex is the worst place in the UK to buy a used car in terms of write-off risk, with 42.48% of checks conducted there returning a write-off warning, compared to just 5.07% in Farnborough, Hampshire, only 30 miles up the road.
Best Global Brands: No top-100 premium automotive brand makes bigger gains than MINI
- Brand value rises 18 per cent, climbs ten places in Interbrand ranking.
An emotional, authentic brand, with attractive products and distinctive brand communications: The systematic realignment of the MINI brand is proving a success. In the current Best Global Brands ranking compiled by the agency Interbrand, the value of the MINI brand climbed 18 per cent – the highest increase of any premium automotive brand in the top 100, with only two others able to match this strong rate of growth. With a brand value of around 4.9 billion US dollars, the British premium brand climbed ten places to number 88.
TerraClean shoots for the stars in its latest advertising campaign
Charging ahead – The MINI goes electric
- Head of MINI brand management Sebastian Mackensen and Head of MINI series management Peter Wolf preview the first plug-in hybrid model by the British premium brand.
Hallmark MINI driving fun combined with zero tailpipe emissions. With the introduction of the first plug-in hybrid model by the British premium brand, this will soon be a reality. The series development process for this car has almost been completed. It features a combustion engine and an electric motor enabling purely electric propulsion for the first time in a MINI. This marks the beginning of a new phase for MINI, and offers a glimpse into a future that is charged with excitement for MINI customers and those drivers yet to experience the thrill of a hybrid.
1970 W&P MkII Cooper S up for auction
Chassis Number: KA2S6-1321285
Engine Number: 9F1SA1Y-54194
Number of cylinders: 4
CC: 1275
Year of Manufacture: 1970
Estimate (£): 45,000 - 55,000
Synonymous with the Mini badge, Wood & Pickett have been converting, tuning and supplying parts for Minis since the 1960s. Proprietors and founders, Bill Wood and Les Pickett mastered their craft at Hooper & Co in London before joining forces and setting up their own company in 1947. Spotting a gap in the market, they were determined to offer Mini conversions better than that of leading rival Radford and the 'Margrave' Mini was their first offering, featuring a distinctive leather & walnut fascia panel, leather or Dralon seating and front and rear nudge bars, to which customers were invited to add from a long list of individually-priced options. Bill and Les retired in the early 1980s but the business still remains strong under the stewardship of Mike Standring and currently operates from its home in Leatherhead, Surrey. from where it is still able to supply a full list of parts for the early W&P Minis.
PRODUCTS: Powermist
GTT Powermist
- Gains of 10 -15% more power & torque
- Makes even 95 octane regular pump fuel perform like 110+ octane race fuel
- Reduces charge inlet temps and in cylinder temps by up to 60 deg C
- Greatly reduces engine stress and risk of detonation failure
- Extremely low running costs, safe & ultra reliable
PRODUCTS: Minis for Heroes
For those interested in purchasing the Corgi Mini for Heroes helping to raise funds for injured servicemen...
Please visit the Minis for Heroes Facebook page in October 2016 onwards for details of how to purchase one of the remaining 1250 Corgi models.
Full details will be posted on the page when the next batch is available for purchase.
The model will be £20 + £5 UK delivery. Postage for abroad will be applied appropriately.
https://www.facebook.com/Mini-for-Heroes-158411190934982/
SHOW REPORT: OhSoRetro!
 |
| Words: OhSoRetro Photography: Nick Simmo, and Chilli Customs Auto Photography |
The event has gained massive momentum in a short time with this being only our 3rd event and having over 1,000 classic & retro cars in attendance (we prebooked over 800 cars!!).
Car owners and enthusiasts travelled the entire country and some of Europe for our one day show. Anything pre-1990 (ish) is the rule and it sure shows up an awesome variety of vehicles and owners.
PRODUCTS: Corgi Se7en Deluxe
Austin Se7en De Luxe, Farina Grey, A-A2S7/108: The Fourth Oldest Surviving Mini
Available for Pre-Order at £24.99. Estimated Arrival 09/10/2016
Gladys Hobro bought XLL 27 new in 1959 and kept it until June 1986 but only used it when she and her family returned home to Bognor Regis from Khartoum, Sudan, where they were based. Second owner, Chichester-based David Gallimore, never started his intended restoration and offered the 30,041 mile car for sale in 2011. It was purchased, in the original but very rusty state modelled here, by three Mini enthusiasts from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, Richard Bremner, Bryan Smart and Robert Lancaster-Gaye. In 2012, having proved the car's production history, significance and originality, they consigned it, unrestored, to Bonham's auctioneers. They'd initially feared losing their £10,000 investment so were amazed when it sold for £40,250.
Researched with the help of the BMIHT Gaydon.
http://www.corgi.co.uk/austin-mini-se7en-de-luxe-farina-grey-1959-the-4th-oldest-surviving-mini.html
Should young drivers have tougher tests?
Beautiful MkI Mini up for auction with Historics at Brooklands
PRODUCTS: Forge Motorsport Announces New Range Of Automotive Air Fresheners
Want to make your car look great, smell divine and go faster*? Want to appear more attractive to the opposite sex*? Then you need to invest in one of Forge Motorsport's brand new, potentially life-altering air fresheners, the latest in a long line of scene-stealing products from the Gloucestershire-based alloy experts.
HRCR Mini Cup: Clive King retains the HRCR Mini Cup crown
BMW Group Classic presents the highlights of its collection in Berlin
Classic fans are currently looking to Berlin. The historic exhibition halls of the capital will be the venue for the second edition of Motorworld Classics Berlin from 6 to 9 October 2016. For the first time, the BMW Group Classic will be presenting its range of services to the public at the Oldtimer Fair as well as selected highlights from the history of the automobile and motorcycle. To start the tour on the premises between Funkturm and Avus, all brands of the BMW Group are represented with particularly remarkable rarities. The compilation of the exhibits presented on the Boulevard of Hall 20 near the entrance to Nord comprises the reconstruction of a successful model, a work of art on wheels, a historical concept study and the once fastest production motorcycle in Germany.
PRODUCTS: Fuel injector for classic Mini
Mini Spares are pleased to announce that after a long period of unavailability it can once again supply injectors for the MPi models.
The injectors are made from the original tooling and are exactly the same as those fitted to the MPi models when new.
Order as part number MJY100460
Retail price: £69.12 inc. VAT
For more details contact Mini Spares on
+44 1707 607700 or visit their website: www.minispares.com
Rallye du Maroc: Positive half-time balance
• Al-Rajhi / Gottschalk hold second place
Yesterday was half-time in the OiLibya Rallye du Maroc – the prologue and the first two stages were contested in the past three days. Currently, five MINI ALL4 Racing pairings hold top-10 positions, with Yazeed Al-Rajhi (KSA) and Timo Gottschalk (GER) being second behind Nasser Al-Attiyah. The Russian pairing, Vladimir Vasilyev and Konstantin Zhiltsov, follows in fifth position, right ahead of Kuba Przygonski (POL) / Tom Colsoul (BEL) and Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) / Michel Périn (FRA). Orlando Terranova (ARG) and Paulo Fiúza (POR) in ninth position also are among the top 10. Mohamed Abu Issa (QAT) and Philipp Beier (GER) hold 13th place while Boris Garafulic (CHI) and Filipe Palmeiro (POR) currently are 16th in the overall standings.
PRODUCTS: Collapsible steering wheel kit
A hub kit is an essential component when fitting an aftermarket steering wheel.
The Italian Job being turned into TV series
UPCOMING EVENT: Malvern Mini Show
PRODUCTS: New Michelin 12-inch tyres
PRODUCTS: Quicksilver & Milltek exhausts
Quicksilver Exhausts & Non-Res Milltek for R53
Our friends at Lohen are now supplying the entire Quicksilver Exhaust Systems range. You may be looking for a system to suit your MINI and Lohen can help - view the full range here >>
To complement this, they've also added Gen 1 Cooper S Non-Resonated Milltek Systems to their product range. Many customers want to flexibility to choose between res and non-res: Lohen has listened and you can view the latest additions to the Milltek range here >>
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)
