MINI John Cooper Works now in showrooms
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in MINI | No Comments »The MINI John Cooper Works can now be seen in a MINI showrooms. AUSmotive has already tested the JCW and if you missed our Drive Thru review, make sure you have a read. In the meantime, there's some press blurb ...
Random wallpaper: Team MINI at 2006 Targa Tasmania
Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in MINI, Random wallpapers | 5 Comments »While trawling the press archives at AUSmotive I often stumble across some pretty cool images. Rather than keep them all to myself, I figured it would be nice to share a few from time to time. In the first of ...
Drive Thru: MINI John Cooper Works
Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Drive Thru, MINI, Reviews | 6 Comments »When something meets your expectations so well, have you ever been left feeling almost let down? Equally, when something does meet your expectations so well, can you be anything other than impressed? These were questions I was asking myself a ...
MINI pedals zero emissions vehicle around Beijing
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in MINI | No Comments »MINI has just launched a limited release zero emissions Clubman Rickshaw model on the streets of Beijing. At a time when the 2008 Olympic Games in China are under the spotlight due to the host city's pollution this pedal powered ...
First generation MINI Cabrio ceases production
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in MINI | No Comments »Even though the R56 MINI has been on sale for some time, the R52 Cabriolet models currently on sale were still based on the first gen MINI platform. In readiness for the all new R57 model, Cabrio production has come ...
MINI John Cooper Works teaser ad - version 2
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in MINI | No Comments »Following on from MINI's first teaser for the "Not extreme enough" MINI John Cooper Works campaign is this second effort. Looks like they put a bit of elbow grease into this one.
MINI John Cooper Works teaser ad
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in MINI | 1 Comment »This teaser ad for the new MINI John Cooper Works may start off slowly, but builds to a great climax. Enjoy!
MINI John Cooper Works
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in MINI | 1 Comment »UK press details of the new MINI John Cooper Works have just been released. See below for more images and snippets from the very lenghty press document. Quite a few reviews of the car have popped up on the net ...
The Aussie MINI CHALLENGE Army
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports | 3 Comments »Yes, that's right, the Australian MINI CHALLENGE has its own facebook page. Join in and you can see and share your images, video clips and experiences with fans from around the country, and, probably the world! A lot of the ...
Ben Tune on a roll in the MINI Challenge
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports | 2 Comments »With all the MINI CHALLENGE highlights we couldn't forget Ben Tune's rollover! Tune is a former Australian test rugby player and was part of the UBER-STAR CAR program at Round 3, held at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway. This accident happened in ...
2008 MINI Challenge - Round 4 TV highlights
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports | No Comments »Here is the TV highlights package from Round 4 of Australia's 2008 MINI CHALLENGE. This round was all about the new entry to the series, Team Bargwanna, headed by former Bathurst winner Jason Bargwanna. His cousin Scott drives the team's ...
2008 MINI Challenge - Round 3, Race 2
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports | 1 Comment »Continuing our quest to bring you up to date with the first four rounds of the 2008 MINI CHALLENGE here are a couple of clips bringing you all the thrills and spills from Race 2 of the Round 3 action ...
2008 MINI Challenge - Round 2 TV highlights
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports | No Comments »The MINI CHALLENGE is currently in winter hibernation, so if you've missed out on the action, keep an eye on AUSmotive as we help bring you up to speed. Here are two clips from Channel 7's highlights package of Round ...
2008 MINI Challenge - Round 4 TV highlights
Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports | No Comments »What better way to beat the end of financial year blues than with a healthy dose of hot MINI CHALLENGE action! Coverage from the fourth round of the Series from Sandown International Raceway will be on Australia’s Olympic Network, Seven, this ...
MotoringFile drives MINI John Cooper Works
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in MINI | No Comments »The team from MINI specialist website MotoringFile have given us a great teaser of the upcoming MINI John Cooper Works. The new top of the line MINI will be in Australian showrooms in August, but if you can't wait, here's ...
