Pissed Off Toyota Camry Driver Tries to Run Over Mini Cooper in California

For all those viewers commenting on the crazy drivers in Russia, here's another reminder that you can find the same kind of nuts behind the wheel in your very own backyard, which in this case, happens to be the 880 Interstate near Freemont California in the good 'ol U.S. of A.

A camera mounted on the dashboard of YouTube author Solomon Wu's turbocharged Mini Cooper Coupe captured this wild and rather scary incident.

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MINI Prepares a One-Off Roadster for 2012 Life Ball Charity Gala

A long supporter of the Life Ball charity gala, the proceeds of which go to projects combating HIV and AIDS, the Mini brand has revealed its plans for this year's event that will see Franca Sozzani, chief editor of Italian VOGUE and UN Goodwill Ambassador for Fashion 4 Development, designing a one-off Roadster model.

"I thought at MINI as a beautiful woman who put a scarf on her head when she drives a Roadster," explained Sozzani.

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SPIED: Is Mini Preparing a GP Special Edition of the Coupe JCW as Well?

After numerous spy shots started circulating around the web, Mini confirmed the existence of the special edition John Cooper Works GP hot hatch on the sidelines of the New York Auto Show earlier this month.

However, Mini might not be telling the whole truth as our scoop photographers nabbed a thinly disguised Coupe John Cooper Works (JCW) prototype that sports if not all, most of the performance parts seen on the GP hatchback test cars.

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MINI Opens a Peep Show on Hollywood Blvd for its New Roadster Model

After its successful peep show commercial, MINI is taking its cheeky campaign for the new Roadster to the next level by opening a…real life peep show shop on Hollywood Blvd, just a block away from the Kodak and Chinese Theatres.

For the next 25 days, passers-by will be prompted to take a 'peep' at the new Roadster model by pressing one of the buttons on the display. This will trigger the show that starts with the window blind rolling back to unveil a real-life Roadster slowly rotating on a turntable.

And just like the other…peep shows, MINI's shop creates a naughty atmosphere with the use of colored neon lighting, a disco ball rotating above the car, music and smoke.

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