This sounds very interesting…. On 28-30 October, Misano Circuit (near San Marino), in Italy will play host to the first-ever International MINI Challenge, pitting the best MINI racers from across the world head-to-head in a multi-discipline contest. The four leading competitors from this season’s twelve-round John Cooper Challenge will be amongst the starting grid of …
Category Archives: MINI News
cool signs
I took pictures of these a few days ago but haven’t shared them with you yet… Found on top of the gas pumps at my local independant gas station. I’ve got 1 more pic over on my flickr. From what I can tell, these are real MINI signs. Odd that they would show up here …
This was new
Listening to KROQ on the drive home tonight and I heard a commercial for the MINI convertible! Something like the Convertible Cops or something, I only heard the very end. I’m going to have to search for this one. Anyone else hear it? I know the main voice was John Marsh, which added just the …
MINI Hybrid
I’ve written about this in the past, but for anyone that is interested… Filmed on location at the 2005 New York International Auto show, WB’s Julia Chang put the British Embassy Mini Cooper through its paces before testing the Jin Bike and E-Cobra urban vehicle. The Mini Cooper, built for the British Embassy in Mexico …
Ortega Hwy improvements?
Well, not in my book. According to CalTrans, the particular section of road is just a bit to curvilinear The project area is the most curvilinear portion of SR-74. Existing non-standard roadway features include narrow lane widths, absent or narrow shoulders, and limited sight distances. Standard lane widths and the addition of shoulders would provide …