MINI Countryman (2010/2011) – the ‘MTV’ Video

The MINI Countryman. New Video As you can’t have failed to notice, MINI revealed the MINI Countryman to the world last month and we had a heap of MINI Countryman photos. And despite the fact that it’s being reported that the MINI Countryman Video we have here is the first Countryman video, it’s not.

Official: Aston Martin gets its hands on Mercedes AMG engines & Electronic Architecture

Aston Martin & AMG confirm they’re getting in bed together Back in December we reported that Aston Martin had new investment from Investindustrial and wondered if that would mean – thanks to an existing relationship between Investindustrial and AMG – if we’d see Aston Martin finally getting access to AMG’s engines and platforms. By May, things had moved on and it was clear that Aston Martin and AMG were in talks for Aston Martin to get access to their engines for the next generation of AML’s cars. Now those talks have borne fruit and AMG and AML have signed a letter of intent for Aston Martin to “access significant Mercedes-AMG GmbH and Mercedes-Benz Cars’ resources, allowing the development of bespoke V8 powertrains and the use of certain components of electric/electronic (e/e) architecture.” Interestingly, there’s no talk of V12 engines – which could mean Aston Martin are going to move from the current Ford V12 for the DB9 and Vanquish to a powerful V8 from AMG – and nor is there talk of sharing platforms.

Audi says, 'so long vampires' in Super Bowl ad

Audi has combined two of America's favorite things for its S7 ad, the Super Bowl and vampires. The German automaker released its one-minute commercial on YouTube, ahead of the big game next week. The S7 is the high-performance version of the A7 sedan.