Clandon Park Run

GUILDFORD’S CLANDON PARK RUN
SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2010

Vines of Guildford are sponsoring this year’s Clandon Park Run on Saturday 24 April. This really is a day for all the family, with a 10K run for adults and a 4K run for juniors.

Runners will receive plenty of encouragement with live music, courtesy of the George Abbot School Swing Band. There’ll also be plenty of refreshments for those cheering from the sidelines!

This year, the run is raising money for the Mukidoma School in Tanzania, and Vines are proud to be sponsoring such a worthy cause.

All those attending the event will also have the opportunity to enter our prize draw to win a MINI for a weekend.  Make sure you come and say hello.  We’d love to see you.

More information about the event and details of how to reserve your place for the run can be found here>>>

Or come down to our Guildford showroom and pick up a leaflet.

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Beaulieu MINI Cooper Rally

DRIVE WITH US TO BEAULIEU
EXCITEMENT GUARANTEED!
SUNDAY 13 MARCH 2010

If you’re already thinking ahead to some summer fun, then be sure to put Sunday 13 June in your diary. We at Vines are organising an exciting MINI drive day to Beaulieu for the National MINI Cooper Rally.

Join other MINI enthusiasts as we drive in convoy from each of our dealerships down to Beaulieu for a well-deserved lunch and visit the rally.  Your ticket will also include entry to the famous motor museum, where you can visit the Top Gear exhibition showing this summer!

We’d love you to join us so make sure you register your interest here>>>

Prices and further information will be confirmed very soon and when you sign up you will be one of the first to receive all the information.

For more information on the National MINI Cooper Rally please visit the website>>>

We look forward to spending time with you.


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Gatwick Charity Drive

COME AND JOIN OUR CONVOY TO PIAZZA ITALIA IN HORSHAM
SATURDAY 3 APRIL.

Once again, our Gatwick dealership is taking part in a weekend of fun with Piazza Italia in Horsham. Fantastic events will be taking place all weekend and Vines will be there on Saturday 3 April, ready to bring a bit of MINI
magic to the proceedings.

A JCW Clubman will take centre stage in the town centre to make sure you can’t miss us, as well as around 50 MINIs taking pride of place.

We’ll be holding one of our incredible competitions – the prize this year is a MINI convertible for a whole weekend, adventure guaranteed! We’ll also have loads of goodies for the weekend auction, raising money for this year’s charity The Chestnut Tree House hospice for terminally ill children.

Why not join our convoy from our dealership into Horsham and enjoy the fun with us, then back to ours for a pizza!

We will be meeting at the showroom mid-morning on Saturday 3 April (times to be confirmed).  In convoy we will cruise into Horsham, park up taking pride of place with MINI balloons of each of our cars, and then return to the dealership in convoy a couple of hours later.

If you would like to join our convoy please call 01293 575 557 to register.

We would love to have you with us!


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Design Competition by MINI

MINI launches Product Design Competition.

In keeping with the brand’s “Creative Use of Space” philosophy, MINI is holding an international design competition to celebrate the launch of the MINI Countryman in suitable style. The competition invites creative people around the world to design potential tools for the unique MINI Centre Rail in the new MINI model.

The Centre Rail runs in a straight line between the seats of the Countryman, linking the front and rear of the interior, and offers a multifunctional platform on which to fix various travel items. Indeed, MINI has already come up with a range of clever attachments, such as sunglasses cases, cupholders, iPod docking stations and plenty more. The rail also offers handy stowage space in which to hide away charger leads for electronic devices like mobile phones and MP3 players. When it comes to using this new feature, creativity need know no bounds.

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Taylans Project

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Last Friday (5 March), saw the staff at Vines don their best hats for ‘Wear a hat to work day’ to raise money for the brain tumour awareness charity, Taylan’s Project.

To show its support for Brain Tumour Awareness Month, all Vines staff across the seven dealerships were encouraged to wear a hat to work and donate £3 to Taylan’s Project. They managed to raise an impressive £714.66.

Fun was had throughout the day as staff enjoyed cakes and treats whilst enjoying their colleagues dressed in silly hats, and in full fancy dress in some cases.

To help increase the charity pot further, Vines are donating £1 per test drive taken throughout March and is encouraging drivers to come down and try out any car from the BMW or MINI ranges*.

Taylan’s Project was set up in 2009 to help raise money for the charity Brain Tumour Research, following the sad passing of 7 year old Taylan Rawlinson due to a rare and inoperable brain tumour.

Taylan’s Project is encouraging other companies to help raise much needed funds by organising their own events. Visit www.taylansproject.co.uk to find out how you can also raise funds. If you would like to make a donation in support, please visit www.justgiving.com/taylansproject

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MINI Rainbow Colours

MINI Rainbow Colours raise personalisation to a higher plane

MINI models are to benefit from a wide of technical advances and personalisation options with effect from spring 2010.  At the top of the list are a new range of petrol engines that offer more power and torque while reducing both emissions and fuel consumption.  In addition, a new MINI One Convertible will bring the thrill of open air MINI driving to a wider audience.  MINI is also raising the customisation possibilities by offering a range of unique Rainbow colour options and an extension to the MINI Graphite Special Edition model range to include Clubman models..

“Hot on the heels of the launch of customer field trials for the electric MINI E, MINI is introducing this array of new technology and features for the new decade,” said Jochen Goller, Director of MINI UK.  “Once again, our dedication to continuous improvement will bring substantial benefits in both efficiency and performance to our customers.”

“Better still, there will be no price increase when the new models go on sale in March 2010”

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MINI Rainbow Colours

MINI Rainbow Colours raise personalisation to a higher plane

MINI models are to benefit from a wide of technical advances and personalisation options with effect from spring 2010.  At the top of the list are a new range of petrol engines that offer more power and torque while reducing both emissions and fuel consumption.  In addition, a new MINI One Convertible will bring the thrill of open air MINI driving to a wider audience.  MINI is also raising the customisation possibilities by offering a range of unique Rainbow colour options and an extension to the MINI Graphite Special Edition model range to include Clubman models..

“Hot on the heels of the launch of customer field trials for the electric MINI E, MINI is introducing this array of new technology and features for the new decade,” said Jochen Goller, Director of MINI UK.  “Once again, our dedication to continuous improvement will bring substantial benefits in both efficiency and performance to our customers.”

“Better still, there will be no price increase when the new models go on sale in March 2010”

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MINI Countryman World Premiere

The world premiere of the MINI Countryman at the Geneva Motorshow 2010.
Vines MINI of Guildford, Gatwick and Redhill.

Watch as Ian Robertson unveils the fourth member of the MINI family.

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MINI brings Hollywood to Geneva

MINI brings Hollywood to Geneva for the world premiere of the new MINI Countryman. 

MINI brings Hollywood to Geneva. The launch of the new star of the MINI family – the MINI Countryman – at the 80th Salon International de l’Auto provides reason enough for an unconventional marketing campaign: The city built on Lake Geneva is being renamed “MINIWOOD” by way of a huge projected image, creating a rival to the Hollywood dream factory in Los Angeles. The gigantic projection of the “MINIWOOD” sign onto Mont Salève on French soil is one of the largest projections of its kind.  

The projected image is 30 metres high and 192 metres wide. In the evening light it is visible for miles around to Geneva residents as well as the many visitors to the Motor Show.
This unconventional campaign involves powerful technology: High-performance projectors with 348,000 Ansi lumen illuminate an area of over 5,760 square metres with an output of more than 28,000 watt.

The projection will be complemented by a short video in typical MINI style. This “viral” will show how the projection is realised and will be widely distributed in the Internet.

Film posters entitled “MINI Countryman – GETAWAY” will publicise the guerrilla action and hence the world debut of the fourth member of the MINI family, raising public awareness and highlighting the MINI presence in Geneva. The “Making of” video will also be posted on MINI’s official YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/MINI, and MINI Countryman’s Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/MINI.Countryman.

MINIWOOD would not be complete without the celebrated “Walk of Fame”. So, as Motor Show visitors walk from the airport to the Palexpo, for example, they are guided by “MINIWOOD stars”. Walkways through busy areas of downtown Geneva have also been adorned with stars to strengthen MINI’s presence in the city centre.

MINIWOOD is brought to life through “red carpet parking”: In true Hollywood style, a MINI Countryman is parked and displayed on a red carpet on the streets of Geneva. A sign right next to the newest MINI star bears the slogan “I BECAME FAMOUS IN MINIWOOD – MINI COUNTRYMAN. GETAWAY.”

Thanks to a wide variety of communications activities in connection with the 80th International Motor Show in Geneva, the MINI Countryman is set to be the toast of the town. The MINIWOOD concept is the brand’s latest guerrilla action and confirms once again that MINI makes an unconventional statement.

“Guerrilla marketing plays an especially important part in MINI communications. That is why the launch of the new MINI Countryman will also be accompanied by characteristically unconventional and eye-catching marketing campaigns that are deliberately designed to appeal to the brand’s modern target groups,” explains Andreas-Christoph Hofmann, head of MINI Brand Communication.

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MINI Geneva Motor Show

MINI Geneva Motor Show 
MINI at the 80th Geneva Motor Show 2010

At a Glance:

World debut: MINI Countryman.
The MINI model family is growing once again, with the MINI Countryman making its first appearance at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Measuring more than four metres in length, featuring four doors at the side, four fully-fledged seats and optional MINI ALL4 all-wheel drive, the brand’s fourth model offers that typical MINI feeling in a new dimension. Its extra, variable space inside and the elevated driving position give the MINI Countryman an absolutely unique look, while still retaining that distinctive character of a MINI both in its design and driving behaviour. As the first premium car of its kind, the MINI Countryman has everything it takes to win over additional target groups for that driving pleasure so typical of the brand.

World debut: MINI One Convertible.Open-air driving pleasure in that unique MINI style is now becoming
even more economical, with the new MINI One Convertible entering the market powered by the latest generation of MINI’s four-cylinder petrol engine. Displacing 1.6 litres and delivering maximum output of 72 kW/98 hp, this power unit again offers all the agility so typical of MINI, combined with average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle of 5.7 litres/100 kilometres (49.6 mpg imp) and a CO2 rating of 133 grams per kilometre. As a further highlight, the MINI One Convertible comes
as standard with a six-speed manual gearbox and is available as an option with six-speed automatic transmission.

World debut: MINI One MINIMALIST.New petrol engines for the MINI, the MINI Clubman and the MINI Convertible ensure even greater agility – and, thanks to MINIMALISM – even lower CO2 ratings. A further important point is that the MINI Cooper S, the MINI Cooper, the MINI One, and the MINI John Cooper Works all fulfil the EU5 emission standard.
The MINI One MINIMALIST, in turn, offers maximum all-round economy, the entry-level model available with either a 55 kW/75 hp or 72 kW/98 hp four-cylinder setting new standards in terms of all-round economy and low emissions. Both variants make do with average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle of just 5.1 litres/100 kilometres (equal to 55.4 mpg imp) and a CO2 emission rating of 119 grams per kilometre.

The full BMW Group Press Release can be seen here>>>

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