Archive for the 'MINI' Category

More MINI Cooper Billboards and a Smart Smart Car

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

     
     
4 more MINI Cooper Billboards from around the internet. BILLBOARDOM also has a comprehensive collection of MINI billboards split into 3 parts: Part I, Part II and Part III.
I also found this rather clever ad featuring a Smart Car billboard on a bridge in Rotterdam, Holland - the most important port in Europe. Everything looks […]

Dueling MINI Coopers USA Commercial

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

One of the few MINI Cooper commercials to be seen here in the USA, this ad highlights many of the personal customizations you can make to your MINI and turns into a typical “Keeping Up With The Joneses” situation.
(Keeping Up With The Joneses, if you didn’t know, refers to “the desire to be seen as […]

USB Remote Control MINI Cooper

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Whatever next?! Need a new plaything for your computer desk or workstation? What better way to while away the hours than drive a remote control MINI Cooper all over your spacious desk….
Only just released to the public, the USB remote control MINI awaits your every command. Controlled via your PC screen, the Mini Cooper has […]

Welsh Dragon MINI Roof Graphic by Aesthetic Creations

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Found this cool Welsh Dragon MINI Roof Graphic created by Aesthetic Creations who, amongst other things, specialize in custom MINI Cooper graphics.
Their web site features a great collection of roof graphics and bonnet/side stripes, including but not limited to the Scottish Flag, Union Jack, Texas flag, black and white checkerboard design and a tribal […]

Wii Classic British Motor Racing

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

If I owned a Wii, which I don’t, I’d probably buy the soon to be released Classic British Motor Racing game.
An amazing range of high performance classic cars to choose from including Austin Mini, Austin-Healy, MG, Rover and Triumph.
Each car is accurately recreated under licence and feature the real handling characteristics of the vehicles.

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MINI Cooper: Is It Love?

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

I love my MINI but I’m not quite this obsessive…..honest

Missing Italian Job Chase Scene featuring 2 Mini Coopers

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Good old YouTube! Found this earlier today while wading through all the Mini Cooper movies on YouTube. This is a scene that was dropped from the Mini chase sequence in the classic 60’s film The Italian Job. The scene was shown as part of a documentary shown on UK’s Channel 4 called The Mini Job.
Classic […]

iPhone Commercial Now Featuring The Italian Job

Monday, August 13th, 2007

One of the latest iPhone commercials now features 3 MINI Cooper’s flying out of a drain tunnel - a scene from the great Italian Job movie.

The official Apple site features the same movie in small, medium, large and extra large versions. Maybe I need to start an iPhone fund?

Making Of The One Millionth MINI

Friday, August 10th, 2007

“Six years after the start of series production, the millionth MINI has rolled off the production line at Plant Oxford, UK. Like all MINIs, the millionth car was produced to customer order.”
Found this over at Google Video after reading an old news post at the BBC News web site. The story is from April […]

New Month, New Magnetic MINI Motoring Badge

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Can you believe it’s August already? A new month means it’s time to swap my current MINI Dragon Grill Badge for one of the other badges in my collection.
There’s actually a huge selection of MINI badges to choose from at MotoringBadges.com, all priced at $7.50 for a magnetic roundel and $4.50 for a high […]