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2009 has been a big year for BMW's Mini brand. Mini launched a new convertible, turned 50 years old, and has now produced 1.5 million new generation models since production began in 2001. Interestingly, the 'new' Mini ...

Compared to most brands, MINI had an exceptional year in 2008, with a 28 percent increase in U.S. sales. In other parts of the world last year, however, things didn't turn out as well, with sales dropping overall – particularly in the latter half of the year. In response to the downturn, BMW ...

UUPDATE 1 - Second photo added after the jumpThe new MINI Cooper is in production, and Motoring File links to a Dutch MINI forum post that has the pics to prove it. The train photographed is carrying 360 of the little critters, according to the poster who snapped the pics, and from the sound of ...