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• Mini's better built and hefty power

  - 2007-12-28

  Byline: ROBERTSHAW Motors Editor NOSTALGIA is big business and the UK continues to demonstrate its penchant for living in the past. Throughout Britain there are shops and web sites stacked with items from yesteryear guaranteed to provide memories of a bygone age to an ever-burgeoning audience. But,...

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• Fans flock to see the Clubman

  - 2007-09-14

  A FAMOUS car name has returned with BMW starting production of the new Mini Clubman at its plant in Oxford. At the same time, the new Clubman was shown off to the public for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Originally in production from 1969 to...

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• SMALL BUT SPEEDY

  - 2007-03-05

  When the Mini Cooper folks took me and a few other automotive journalists to a racetrack to test these new second-generation coupes, it had the trappings of a joke. We're talking about a subcompact city car, not a Ferrari, right? But instead of laughing, I whooped it up. Ninety-five miles...

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• Magic MINI

  - 2007-01-19

  Byline: By John Connor Bmw launched its second generation MINI on November 18, 2006 ( the day the original designer, Sir Alec Issigoni, would have been 100 years old. The significance of this day was not lost on BMW, who said that the first five and a half...

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• Little car remains a huge favourite

  - 2006-10-06

  Byline: By Stewart Smith A new mini is scheduled for launch early next year and there's no doubt it will be a runaway success. The iconic little car with kart-like handling and cute looks has been an outstanding money-spinner for BMW with sales at home and in 70...

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• Rear View Mirror: BIGGER MINI

  - 2006-08-27

  WHILE it might look very similar to the current car this is in actual fact the all-new Mini. Even BMW concede that the Mini is a subtle update stylistically, despite the fact that it is a completely new car and not a facelift. Although the...

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• A Mini packed with real style

  - 2006-07-28

  Byline: By Peter Keenan The screech of delight almost burst my ear drums. "Dad you've got a Mini," screamed my 10-year-old daughter. You've guessed it, this is her dream car and to see it roll on to the drive was all her Christmases come at once. The version...

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• More fun on the run

  - 2005-08-05

  Byline: By Stewart Smith Demand for the big-selling MINI shows no sign of abating. Its outstanding success has far outstripped BMW's expectations and it's not hard to see why. The little Oxford-built icon has a personality all of its own and is aimed at drivers who want much...

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• What a little beauty

  - 2004-10-29

  Byline: By Stewart Smith In 2002 the hype from BMW about producing "the ultimate driving machine" to replace the original, much-loved Mini was something I had to test for myself. It was a bold move at the time. If the new MINI didn't come up to scratch, BMW...

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• Magic of the Mini

  - 2004-06-18

  Byline: By Andy Richards Few cars truly live up to their hype in my opinion, but the MINI is one of them. My test car arrived during a week in which I was struggling under a heavy cold and it was an immediate tonic. I instantly felt 10 years...

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