MINI’s Press Office released this Q&A with Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management – Sales and Marketing, BMW AG earlier today. Q. MINI is back in motorsport. What does this move mean for the brand? IR: “Our involvement in the World Rally Championship effectively sees MINI returning to its roots. In the early [...]

David Evans, Rallies Editor, Autosport, 30th September, 2010   MINI has launched its World Rally Car at the Paris Motor Show – and confirmed Britain’s Kris Meeke as part of its driver line-up for next season. The car will break competitive cover in the World Rally Championship next season, run by British-based motorsport preparation company Prodrive [...]

Keith Adams  Lotus is stepping into the past for the names for its upcoming foursome of sports cars – planned for launch from 2014. The move into the price stratosphere mirrors Colin Chapman’s plans for the range back in the early ’70s, which brought us the good-looking Elite, Eclat and Esprit, so it’s only fitting [...]

A website which helps motorists and garages to find genuine replacement parts for MG and Rover cars has doubled its visitors in the past year. The mgroverpartfinder.com site received 99.1 percent more visitors in September 2010 year on year, with a total of 6,101 visits to the site during the course of the month. The site [...]

Keith Adams Jaguar Land Rover’s blitz of the Paris Motor Show continues with the arrival of the Range Rover Evoque 5-Door. The 3-Door ‘soft roader’ has already attracted considerable interest and this expansion of the range – which has yet to go on sale – will undoubtedly cement the new car’s success. The car will [...]