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A unique MINI featuring a visually stunning exterior designed by legendary artist, illustrator and graphic designer Alan Aldridge, is now on show at the Design Museum in London. The MINI Aldridge Special is an exhibit in a retrospective display of Alan’s work, entitled ‘The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes’.
Alan Aldridge is known primarily for his [...]

Latest award for MINI confirms its unique appeal as MINI John Cooper Works revs up for its UK début at ExCeL
With over 1.1 million cars sold worldwide since launch in 2001, the best residual values in the car market*, record sales**, a dedicated dealer network and now in its eighth year of production, MINI has [...]

Since production began in 2001 Plant Oxford has seen over one million MINIs leave the plant destined for customers abroad. The one millionth MINI for export has now left Plant Oxford.
More than 80 per cent of MINI production is currently exported to almost 80 countries worldwide with the largest export market being the USA. The [...]

BMW Group prepares for technical field trials with electric vehicles. As part of the Group’s Number ONE strategy, the company will begin extensive tests on electric drives in MINI vehicles.
Over the next months, the BMW Group will be carrying out various series of tests on electrically powered vehicles to determine the alternative drive of the [...]

Workers have returned to building the MINI on Monday, after fuel protests in Spain led to a parts shortage, resulting in the closure of BMW Group Plant Oxford over the weekend.
The BBC reports that the workers may still be paid for the weekend’s lost work hours, but may effectively “owe BMW time” to make up [...]