Customer Reviews

The New Mini

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If you own a new BMW MINI or wish you did, you will want to purchase this book. It has some great pictures that you may not see anywhere else. It seems as though the author (whom was asked to write this book by MINI I believe) was given many images of the development, manufacturing, marketing etc.. of this great car. Graham Robson (the author)uses his typical "hold no bars" approach to laying the facts about the entire development process and putting everything on the table regarding the squabbles between Rover & BMW and much more of the history of the BMW MINI.
This book could be considered the tell all about how the New MINI came to be, but it does lack images and detailed information about the "tuner" and "racing" scene for this car. This is obviously the case because the cars were just becoming available when the author finished writing his book... hence no tuning or racing at that point. In time, other books will be published addressing these topics as this car is really hot for both the "tuner" and the "racer". I do wish the "New Mini" book offer more images of "prototype new MINI's" and expose this topic more than it did. I don't think it was the intent for this book to be anything but the "tell all" of how MINI came to be and Graham Robson has done a wonderful job offering his expertise.
Buy the book, especially if your interested in the details of how the MINI came to be... you won't be disappointed.

This is a great intro to Mini Coopers and Mini Cooper S. I would love to see an updated edition of this book to include the 2008 models, including the Clubman. It has some nice photos and some interesting information on the factory in Oxford. If you have a MINI, then you'll want this book.

It is an excellent book on the Mini Cooper. It has great photos and information.

So, any book about the car I love can't be bad. Lots of detailed history and pictures. Wish there was more on what is to come, but that is of course very hard to do. Also a little les bias towards some of the development team would have been nice. Overall though it is worth the price even if just for the pictures alone!