The wraps are now off the new MINI Clubman, an all-new addition to the MINI model range. With an anticipated international debut this fall, the MINI Clubman will go on sale in Europe this November in three model configurations: the MINI Cooper Clubman, the MINI Cooper D Clubman and the MINI Cooper S Clubman. In the US market the MINI Cooper Clubman and the MINI Cooper S Clubman will be available early next year. Although US pricing has yet to be announced, the MINI Clubman is expected to be positioned between the MINI hardtops and MINI convertibles. The eagerly anticipated MINI Clubman will be like nothing else on the road and defies convention in its concept and style. With its hallmark design elements, the MINI Clubman is clearly a MINI from every angle. Yet it is the MINI Clubman’s unique rear-end design and new proportions ...

MINI AC Schnitzer is something amazing, a car, which combines performance, style and quality of materials. The tuning company developed special performance package for the already mighty 170 hp turbo engine in the Cooper S. The suspension, which also comes from ACS is specially tuned by Touring Car legend Manfred Wollgarten. Other upgrade is the complete body kit for the small car consisting of a new front spoiler for the front bumper,  rear skirt with a diffuser come also from AC Schnitzer as well as the Bicolor wheel Mi2 in 7.5Jx18" and the Mi1 in the classic AC Schnitzer look in 7.5Jx17". The interior is slightly touched by adding some ACS accessories like the attractive controls and sports pedals of aluminium....

MINI One and MINI Cooper D models was unveiled to the public at the International Geneva Motor Show on 8 March 2007.  The available engines were 1.4-litre petrol engine with 95hp, while the Cooper D boasts performance and fuel efficiency from an all-new 1.6-litre 110hp turbodiesel powerplant. MINI One D does 58.9mpg and the Cooper D is capable of 64.2mpg. A CO2 figure of just 118 g/km puts the car in tax band B. MINI One also benefits from a significant improvement in both fuel consumption and emissions over the outgoing model. 49.6mpg is achievable from the One’s new 1.4-litre unit, compared to 41.5mpg from its predecessor. CO2 emissions are now 138g/km, against 164g/km produced by the previous model. The MINI One costed £11,595 on the road, and the MINI Cooper D was £14,190. Both models have been started for sale from April 2007. MINI One: Technology ...