Category: Mini

MINI has announced pricing and specifications its 2021 Hatch and Convertible as well as the Electric Hatch. Three new colours are offered: Rooftop Grey metallic, Island Blue metallic and Zesty Yellow. The latter is only available in the Convertible. Piano Black Exterior touches, available on Cooper S and above, now extend to the door handles, side scuttles, fuel cap, MINI logos on the bonnet and luggage compartment lid, model lettering and tailpipes of the exhaust system. Continuing the black theme are the surrounds of the headlights, grille and rear lights… Read more

The MINI Boardwalk Edition Countryman celebrates a universal love for the seaside. Finished exclusively in Deep Laguna metallic with elegant Piano Black contrast elements it has 18-inch ‘Pin’ spoke alloy wheels are specially designed for the Boardwalk. The word Boardwalk adorns both side scuttles, and carry over to the door entry sills. The sides of the roof at the rear side windows and the interior bar on the passenger side each bear a similarly-patterned decal. Inside are heated sport seats. There’s a JCW Sport steering wheel on the Cooper S…. Read more

MINI has announced multiple changes to the Hatch and Convertible model for 2021. The MINI 3-door Hatch has a revised front grille which is accentuated by a black surround. Interestingly peripheral elements are reduced in size to further add emphasis to the bold grille; the position lights are replaced by vertical air inlets pushed to the outer corners of the front fascia. Their new shape also aids aerodynamics. “The new Multitone Roof for the MINI is not only the most expressive form of contrast paint to date, it also takes… Read more

MINI Australia has launched a Sidewalk Edition based on the Cooper S Convertible. It features Blue paint that’s exclusive to the model. On request, it can be specified in other colours – White Silver, or Midnight Black. Sidewalk Edition stripes featuring arrow graphics adorn the bonnet and are flanked by Edition badging on both side scuttles. It rides on specific 17-inch ‘Scissor’ light alloy wheels. A MINI Yours soft-top has been specially designed for this special edition, with a woven-in arrow graphic. Inside, the MINI Sidewalk Edition has predominantly Anthracite… Read more

Electric vehicles are notoriously slow sellers in Australia. Partly due to there being no government assistance to buyers, partly due to there being too few charging station. So MINI Australia has launched a Dynamic Mobility Package it feels will help buyers owners into EV ownership. The Package for the MINI Electric Hatch bundles peripheral hardware and owner benefits into a simple four-year finance offering, with the option to hand back the car after two. It includes the advanced MINI Wallbox system, as well as cables for charging the vehicle at… Read more

Just 40 MINI Rosewood Editions are coming to Australia. They are finished in Indian Summer Red Metallic paint and areas normally finished in chrome are instead in Piano Black contrast elements to its colour. Edition specific badging and special blacked-out MINI logos complete the exterior treatment. Inside, an exclusive MINI Yours leather lounge package covers more surfaces in the supple material, while Piano Black interior surfaces and a MINI Yours Nappa leather steering wheel. Interior enhancements include side scuttles engraved with a ‘Rosewood’ designation and there’s a special edition 3D-printed… Read more

Two new limited edition MINI variants have been launched in Australia, the MINI Nightfall Edition three-door Hatch and Convertible. Both are powered by tuned-up 2.0-litre TwinPower Turbo engines developing 170kW and 320Nm, driving the front wheels via an eight-speed automatic. Their exteriors are finished in a deep Enigmatic Black Metallic, and all chrome surfaces such as the headlight covers, door handles and waistline finishers on the Hatch have been re-treated in Piano Black. Both cars also feature a number of John Cooper Works upgrades, including a carbon fibre bonnet scoop,… Read more

MINI John Cooper Works Countryman has been given similar changes to those made in recent weeks to others in the range. The MINI grille now features a horizontal red stripe rather than an outline; standard LED headlights in a new shape, and at the rear, union jack designs in the LED rear lenses. New colours are White Silver metallic and Sage Green metallic. These can be teamed with the new Piano Black Exterior option that darkens the headlamp surrounds, rear lights, radiator grille, door handles, as well as model lettering… Read more