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Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat. March 23, 2024

Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sun...

Three More MINI Models By Decade's End?

4WheelNews citing Autonews, says Dr. Kay Segler, MINI's top honcho, has advised that MINI will add three more models by tghe end of the decade, however, he gave no details.  However the article claims -
. . . a coupe [the Paceman concept] version of the Countryman crossover, called the Countryman Coupe will be introduced in the first quarter of 2013.
According to the article Jim McDowell, MINIUSA's head honcho, disclosed -
almost 40 percent of all MINI vehicles sold in the United States custom-ordered by buyers rather than taken from dealer stock. This means that the models bought are more expensive and according to McDowell the average transaction price for a Mini in 2011 was $28,000.