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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...

"Wacky, Like A Fox" MINI Advertising

Diana T. Kurylko, writing for Automotive News, explores MINI advertising and comes up with some pretty interesting marketing facts, some directly from the mouth of MINI USA Vice President Jim McDowell, such as:
McDowell said. "Mini has grown year after year. We never have had a huge burst of sales -- but sustainable growth."
With a loyalty rate of 30 percent, high resale value and a three-year residual value close to 60 percent . . .
McDowell also expects US sales to soon exceed 100,000 units per year.