Street Diaries

As auto makers are being forced to comply with the 35.5 mpg regulation the U.S. set for all new vehicles sold, BMW of North America CEO Jim O’Donnell says he believes the popular German automaker could sell more than 100,000 of their new line of 4-cylinder powered vehicles.

The new Mini Speedster Concept is planned to be unveiled this week at Frankfurt IAA motorshow.  This is one of two new models coming out (the other being the Mini Crossover) and joins their current line of the Mini Cooper, Mini Cooper Convertible and Mini Cooper Clubman.