Whether you love or hate the Mission Control feature on the 50th Anniversary MINI Cooper S Camden model, you will find yourself laughing out loud at this Auto Week video clip (w/English subtitles):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RpL0khopsk

Enjoy!

With the promise of fair weather motoring not far away, our next Eastern Iowa MINIs Meet-n-Eat is on the docket for Saturday, February 20th at the Blueport Junction Bar and Grill in Davenport. Rendezvous at 10:45 am with an 11:00 am lunch start time. The food here is all homemade and, we understand, quite good — the perfect solution to the winter motoring blues.

We welcome all local MINI enthusiasts to join us. You can find details and the RSVP listing on the associated NAM Event Calendar Entry (<–link). New folks and those without NAM identities may RSVP by simply leaving a comment to this post.

See you there!

We hosted the inaugural 2010 Eastern Iowa MINIs Meet-n-Eat on Saturday, January 23rd at the Wig and Pen Pub in Iowa City. Thanks to all of the Iowa MINI faithful who were able to join us!

Please check out the photos from this event — they are available via the Gallery link above and directly here: Photos from Wig and Pen in Iowa City 1-23-10

There is also a photo of the subject of our “guessing game” in the Gallery…
Curious? Keep reading…

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Many thanks to our good buddy IowaWRX over at MINICooperIowa for sharing this cool YouTube video clip of a KCCI TV news report on the new MINI franchise at Willis Auto Campus!

KCCI News Report on new MINI Franchise at Willis Auto Campus

Sounds like they’re as excited as we are!

UPDATE: Willis Auto Campus has made this exciting news official in their latest newsletter. Read and enjoy! –

Willis Auto Campus eNews – January 2010

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Eastern Iowa MINIs has confirmed via independent, authoritative sources that Willis Auto Campus in Des Moines will soon become the first dealership in Iowa to be awarded a MINI Cooper franchise!

Look for an official announcement from MINI USA in the coming weeks!

Willis Auto Campus
2121 NW 100th Street
Des Moines, IA 50325
800-568-0497
http://www.willisautocampus.com/

Your friends at Eastern Iowa MINIs extend our sincere best wishes to all for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Please be safe and sane over the holidays. We’re looking forward to a great year together in 2010.

Happy motoring!

Super turnout of EIM MINIs at Breitbach’s in Balltown in November. Great food, great people, and great MINIs. Thanks to all for coming out!

Photos from this event are now available in our Gallery: Breitbach’s at Balltown Photos

Click “more…” to see a recap of our 2009 EIM awards!

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It’s so fine to have our EIM Website running on all cylinders again!  

Many sincere thanks to our website design guru Rob (a.k.a., R56MINICooper) for his diligent efforts.