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One-Off Psychedelic MINI Cooper Dedicated to The Beatles' George Harrison
As many anticipated, MINI's celebrations for the brand's 50 anniversary at Silverstone in the UK on 22 – 24 May 2009 will include the unveiling of a special edition model. For the event, MINI has created a modern interpretation of George Harisson's 1966 Cooper S painted with psychedelic images such as yantras and Sanskrit mantras. The one-off model will be handed over to Olivia Harrison who will accept the MINI on behalf of the Material World Charitable Foundation that was set up by The Beatle's lead guitarist in 1973. The car will be auctioned later in the year.
"George was a huge MINI fan and he would have enjoyed creating this new version. The fact that MINI's anniversary celebrations will also benefit our Foundation has made it an enjoyable as well as meaningful collaboration," said Olivia Harrison.
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George Harrison's 1965 Aston Martin Db5 Fetches More Than Half A Million Dollars At London Auction
Some people seem to have Midas touch - whatever they touch turns into gold. That is true about ex-Beatle star George Harrison, whose 1965 Aston Martin DB5 changed hands for an astonishing £350,000 or about US$546,000 / €410,000, after a fierce...
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Mini Continues To Celebrate 50th Anniversary With Special Collections
This is one birthday-party that doesn't seem to end. Not content with the unveiling of the Mayden 50, Camden 50 and the John Cooper Works WC50 specials, MINI has now released a new line of clothing and accessories to profit from celebrate the brand's...
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Psychedelic Mini Makes Special Debut At London Museum
Using the new MINI Cooper as a canvas, artist, illustrator and graphic designer Alan Aldridge has created an updated interpretation of his iconic psychedelic MINI that was featured on the front cover of the Sunday Times Magazine back in 1965. The MINI...
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2009 Mini Cooper Convertible Breaks Cover
Believe it or not, this is the next-generation MINI Cooper Convertible that will most likely make its debut at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January with sales scheduled to start in Spring of the same year. An anonymous tipster sent a set of seven official...
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Soap-box Mini Goes Up For Sale In E-bay
Now this is what I call a genuine MINI – a cardboard made 2007 Mini Cooper soap-box with the compliments of MINI itself! From what I could make out by reading the German-only press release, it seems that this one of a kind piece is auctioned on...
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