Mechanically identical to its tin top brother, the 2010 Mini John Cooper Works Convertible is bringing high-speed topless Mini motoring to next month's Geneva Motor Show. Of course, mechanically......

Filed under: Convertibles, Geneva Motor Show, MINI Click above for a gallery of the 2009 MINI Cooper Convertible MINI's going to be busy over the next few months, with new product debuts already scheduled for Geneva (the MINI One Clubman) and Frankfurt (MINI Crossover). If the rumors are correct, yo...

Competes with: VW Eos, VW Beetle, Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder, BMW 1 Series Looks like: Last year’s Mini Cooper convertible Drivetrain: 118-hp four-cylinder or 172-hp, turbocharged four-cylinder, both with six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission Hits dealerships: March 28, 2009 We’re ...

So everyone these days is jumping on the electric vehicle bandwagon like there is no tomorrow, just as they all jumped on the biofuel horseless cart before it. With car makers staking their literal futures on it; like Chevy’s Volt, to just about any other car maker. The newest one to join the ...

Consider, for a moment, how many people you have ever had sexual intercourse with. Now compare that figure with the number of people you have been in love with. Really in love. So in love that you could not live without them or consider being with anyone else. Chances are that the first number is a ...

David had a pretty bad experience when he purchased his Mini Cooper from Brecht MINI/BMW in Escondidio, California last year: "Salesman Luis blatantly lied to me about the car's future routine service requirements," their employees wouldn't help him schedule that service, and "they were completely u...

Much of the traditional advertising does not connect on emotional or visceral levels with screenagers and young adult market segments. The Mini Ban Boredom viral campaign brings a new type of competitive intelligence to brand marketing: certainty a stories that connects to consumers. Mini Cooper pro...

Filed under: Garage, Economy, Hatchbacks, MINI click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 MINI Cooper Clubman "You want a large for $.25 more?" That's what the popcorn drone behind the concession counter asks when you order a medium Coke at the movies. You may not need it, but hell, it's offered, ...

We don't have an English press release to explain why this naughty little 2008 Mini Clubman was created, but we can piece together enough of an explanation with our limited German comprehension and......

With auto show season officially, mercilessly, thankfully over, the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage stands to be full in just six weeks. A short time by any standard, but especially so when distilling over a hundred years of automotive excellence into just 50 vehicles. Two weeks ago saw the induction of the...