Remember back in July we reported on the three unique Minis created for the 2010 Life Ball? Top fashion designers Diane von Furstenberg, Kenneth Cole and Francisco Costa (of Calvin Klein) each created their own bespoke Mini to raise funds for HIV/AIDS at the red carpet event in Vienna.
Now you can check out the cars for yourself in this video. They really are rather lovely. You can look but don’t touch.
Archive for August, 2010
Designer Minis (Life Ball 2010)
Saturday, August 28th, 2010Mini Takes The States
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010For Mini fans, it’s got to be the greatest road trip in the world – Mini Takes The States. Thousands of them spent last week rallying across the USA, heading for Denver, and enjoying more than a few Mini adventures on the way.
Launch parties were held in five cities – New York, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Then Mini owners and enthusiasts joined the rally as it headed towards Denver for a grand festival weekend from August 13th to 15th.
Over the week, Minis covered 8,000 miles through 19 states and the most awesome landscapes, from classic Western red rocks to gleaming salt flats. Thousands of participants caught an early sight of the new Mini Countryman, and also had the chance to compete driving Minis on an autocross track.
Check out www.minitakesthestates.com for photos and videos. If you like what you see, you could join them in 2012…
Win a Mini Countryman on Facebook
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Wow! It’s bigger, but still very much Mini.
Watch the first ever Mini Countryman roll off the production line in Austria earlier this month. You could win this very car by logging on to Facebook. What are you waiting for?
Mini at Goodwood 2010
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Check out this video from the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010, featuring 1960s rally legends Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen talking about Minis past, present and future. Gert Hildebrand, head of design at BMW Mini, discusses his first visit to the festival and introduces the new Mini Countryman.
Lottery winner’s driving ambition
Saturday, August 14th, 2010What’s the first thing you’d do if you won the lottery? This week Stacey Bywater of Holmfirth in Yorkshire scooped £1.1 million with a lucky dip ticket and announced that she was going to splash out on a brand new Mini convertible. The only thing is, she needs to pass her driving test first…
At 18 years old Stacey is one of Britain’s youngest lottery winners. She shared the jackpot with four other ticket holders.
Having already shown herself to be a young woman of excellent taste, Stacey also proved her good sense by heading straight back to work on Monday morning. Other items on her shopping list include a new family home, a holiday in Turkey and a grand celebration for her father’s 50th birthday.
And the good news is – you don’t actually have to be a lottery millionaire to afford a new BMW Mini. Contact Bond Street Select to find out more about deals on all the models in the current Mini range.
Laugh a mini-ute (the best Mini jokes)
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010It’s the middle of August, or in other words, silly season. Most people are on holiday and everyone else wishes they were. So we thought we’d indulge ourselves and share some great Mini jokes from years gone by.
You can even tell yourself you’re engaged in a highbrow pursuit. According to the writer Isaac Asimov, in the 60s and 70s elephant jokes were “favourites of intellectuals and of sophisticated adults”.
Hmmm. You decide…
Q: How many elephants can you fit in a Mini?
A. Four. Two in the front and two in the back.
Q: How can you tell if there’s an elephant in your fridge?
A: By the footprints in the butter.
Q: How can you tell if there are four elephants in your fridge?
A: Because there’s a Mini parked outside.
Q. How many giraffes will fit in a Mini?
A. None. It’s full of elephants.
Still feeling sophisticated? There’s more.
Q: How do you get an elephant in a Mini?
A: Open the door, put the elephant in, close the door.
Q: How do you put an elephant into a fridge?
A: Open the Mini door, take the elephant out, close the Mini door, open the fridge, put the elephant in, close the fridge door.
Q: What’s more difficult than getting an pregnant elephant into a Mini?
A: Getting an elephant pregnant in a Mini!
Q: How do you get two whales in a Mini?
A: Along the M4 and across the Severn Bridge.[1]
(Read that last one out loud. Then you’ll get it.)
Megacity launch at 2012 Olympics
Sunday, August 8th, 2010BMW plans to use the London Olympic Games in 2012 as a grand showcase for its new Megacity vehicle. The company sees the games as a unique opportunity to introduce visitors from all around the globe to the concept of electric cars.
The zero emission Megacity car is being developed from the prototype Mini E, which is currently being road tested in the UK and overseas.
Developers intend the Megacity to be bigger than a Mini, but smaller than a BMW 1 Series.
BMW is the official automotive partner of the London 2012 Olympics and is expected to supply a fleet of about 4,000 vehicles. Around half of these are likely to be Megacitys.
Although the Megacity will be unveiled at the London games, it is not likely to go on sale to the public until 2013.