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The original Mini is named best British car ever built in new survey. Autocar readers have voted Sir Alec Issigonis’s iconic Mini as their top British car of all-time. Lotus is revealed as Britain’s most popular manufacturer of all time, with seven models making the top 100 – more than …

BMW reveals 2015 updates for its MINI Paceman range. The revised MINI Paceman has made its debut at the Beijing Motor Show. The “world’s first ever Sports Activity Coupé in the premium compact segment” has had a few styling tweaks, while all models are more efficient and some have extra …

BMW freshens up the MINI Countryman crossover for the summer. A new version of the MINI Countryman has been unveiled at the New York International Auto Show. The Countryman – the first MINI to feature four doors, five seats and optional all-wheel-drive – has an updated exterior design, improved fuel …

BMW, or the Bavarian Motor Works, to give it its full title, is a famous luxury car maker, headquartered in Munich, Bavaria. BMW’s been in business for nearly 100 years, founded as they were in 1917 as a car, motorbike and engine manufacturer. They now rate as one of the …

When you start looking for a new company car, you have plenty of choice, especially if you’re going for a contract hire deal. One model that I think is definitely worth considering is a MINI, especially if you’ll be using it for driving around a city. Banish all thoughts of …

If the internet has shown the motor industry one thing, it’s this: once something has become a trend then it is already too late to take any useful advantage from it. To run a successful campaign on the web requires some of that famous blue-sky, left field, off-the-wall thinking much …

Last night the annual  What Car? Green car awards took place at the Battersea power station, which plays host over the next four days to eco velocity the low carbon motor festival. In total 9 awards were issued of which the Vauxhall Ampera came out top, being crowned overall winner. …

I remember as if it were yesterday. She’d gone to another man. I watched her disappear down the road; those sleek curves, that lovely rear end…. actually, sorry, that’s all a bit clichéd isn’t it – a bit Mills and Boon. Your first car wasn’t like that at all, was …

Audi are well known for their dominance in the C-Class cars but have now with the release of the Audi A1, decided to pit themselves against the superminis.  Worries are that maybe we are now at the point where there are so many superminis to choose from that the public …