This time, a couple of top-10 finishes at VIR Shane Lewis Takes Two Top-10s at VIR; Earns Highest MINI Cooper Finish ALTON, Vir., October 3, 2004 — Shane Lewis added two more top-10 finishes to his impressive resume this weekend at the Grand American Road Racing Association stop at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). In today’s …
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The newest from George Barris
For those of you that missed it, or don’t get KTLA, they had on this morning the new George Barris MINI Limo! I couldn’t find any web links for it (yet), but here is what I got from the TV Report: ~2 Engines ~AWD with front and/or rear steering ~Jacuzzi ~The front and back are …
JCW for the ’05’s
On display tomorrow at the Paris Autoshow. The new version of the John Cooper Works (JCW) tuning package for the Mini Cooper S will show up in Paris tomorrow, presented by parent company BMW. Read the full story here
New configurator is finally ready
Unless you were stuck in a cave all day, I’m sure you knew this already. But, just in case, the MINIUSA.com configurator for the ’05 model year is finally ready. Huge improvement over the last too. There is an actual image of something that looks like a MINI to configure, and the colors are way …
My take on the ’05’s
Had to make a stop at Crevier MINI today. While there I got the opportunity to check out 2 of the new colors plus a cabriolet. First of all with the convertible. The one on the lot was BRG with Cordoba Beige interior. The things I liked: ~Chrome trim rings on the gauges ~Chrome roll …