Today marks the 50th anniversary of the very first Austin Mini, and while BMW is rolling out a few funky aberrations of the light-weight bruiser to celebrate, we thought we’d take a look back. After the jump you’ll find a video of Mini designer Alec Issigonis. See, Issigonis was nearly entirely responsible for the design [...]
Well, well. Looks like MINI may be in for a surprise for its 50th birthday this year. Citroen just unveiled the delicious DS3, and the car looks like it’s got the goods to succeed in knocking the Cooper from its adorably functional throne. Styling has been kept pretty close to the DS Inside concept we [...]
It’s been a full half-century since the Cooper Car Company took top honors at the 1959 F1 Constructors’ Championship, and to celebrate, MINI’s rolling out a new special edition car. Called the WC50, only 250 of the little beggars are going to be produced, with absolutely zero headed outside of Europe. Aside from the standard [...]
I. General Motors lost $6 billion in the first quarter of ‘09, and managed to spend $10 billion as auto sales plummeted. Even with new management, things don’t look too hot for GM when the June 1 restructuring deadline hits. [Autoweek]
Not too long ago, word surfaced MINI was teaming up with Airstream to come up with a collaborated design study, and the fruits of that project have finally cropped up. Both the camper and the car have received a watersports theme, complete with molded stations in the back of the Clubman for your scuba goodies. [...]
I. Holy Jesus. Hennessy’s Nissan GTR700 managed to translate all of its 715 ponies and 662 torques into a 0-60 time of 2.8 seconds. The best part? That was with the launch control off. That means the car will run a 10.32 at 137 quarter mile, and cuts the stock GTR’s 0-186 mph time in [...]
This one just might take the cake as the best Fools Gold we’ve come across so far. It’s a total of five Minis and a Morris Mini truck ranging from 1959 to 1966 – all of which spent the majority of their days in sunny Southern Texas. That means minimal cancer, which is temptation enough [...]
I. The 2010 Camaro SS laid down and 8m 19s lap of the Nurburgring recently. For a big honkin’ piece of American iron, you can’t really say fairer than that. Until you look at the timesheets of other swift GMs and realize that the Cobalt SS, a smaller, less powerful hunk of American iron did [...]
I. Mini and Airstream came together to create a one-off concept combo for the Milan Salone del Mobile show. Mini decked a Clubman out in jet-black with green accents and neoprene interior features and stuck a similarly-appointed Airstream trailer on the back. The combo’s aimed at the surf crowd, but a Mini towing a 22-foot [...]
I. Mercedes-Benz is readying a new Gullwing for this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. It’ll be ready for delivery sometime in mid-2010, with a base price around $250k. Dubbed the SLS, the new Merc retains the long hood and rounded rear proportions of the original 300 SL Gullwing. [Source: Autoweek]
