MINI has announced plans to offer in France a limited edition Cooper Hatch, called the Mat Edition.

The car features a matt black exterior wrap, checked mirror covers, unique side vents, and an individually-numbered key ring.

Production will be limited to 250 units. The €2800 package will be available to order as a MINI Cooper, Cooper D, Cooper S and John Cooper Works.

The Peninsula New York and The Peninsula Chicago have unveiled two customised MINI Cooper S Clubman vehicles.

Guests who book a suite at each hotel will have free access to a MINI for up to three hours per day during their stay.

Each car is specially fitted with a tailor-made rooftop box providing extra cargo space, a mini-fridge offering complimentary refreshments, and an iPhone.

English musician Paul Weller has designed a one-off MINI that will be auctioned for charity this month beginning today (November 11).

The car is finished in bold pink and brown stripes with a single silver line running up the bonnet and over the roof.

The model is a 2008 MINI Cooper fitted with 17-inch Crown Spoke alloy wheels and with a black leather finish inside.

For the 10th consecutive year, MINI is sponsoring Europe’s largest charity event for HIV/AIDS – Life Ball.

This time around, the company is auctioning off three specially designed vehicles on July 17th.

Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein will be designing the Mini Countryman, Diane von Furstenberg the Mini Hatch and Kenneth Cole the Mini Convertible.

The 2000 BMW M Roadster, 2003 Mini Cooper S and 2007 Ford Shelby Mustang are among the ten most likely cars of the decade to become collectors’ items.

“The 2010 Hot List” was compiled by valuation experts from Hagerty Insurance, the largest agency for collector cars in the US.

One probably doesn’t immediately think of a MINI as a car to take on a camping trip. It is far too urban a model for that.

But MINI and Airstream have collaborated on this design, created by Danish furniture maker Republic of Fritz Hansen, that will bring a little style to the old trailer park.

The first spotting will be at the Salone del Mobile show and the INTERNI DESIGN ENERGIES exhibition in Milan, Italy (April 21-30 2009).