British in large quantities buy up the real estate

In September the rise in prices for habitation in the Great Britain has made 0,2%. As reports Bloomberg referring to given companies Hometrack, it is record level since July, 2007.

In the Great Britain the record rise in prices for habitation is noted

Now average cost of the house in England and the Wales makes 156,1 thousand pounds sterling ($248,000US), that for 5,6% below indicators of the similar period of last year.

Earlier Hometrack informed, that in August in the Great Britain for the first time for two years the prices for habitation (growth has made 0,1%) have grown. From August, 2008 till August of current year falling of the prices has made 6,7%.

Trips across Europe with Mini

Agency Draftfcb/Lowe Group, Zurich (Switzerland) has presented last advertising campaign for cars Mini. Campaign announces the action in which frameworks it is possible to win car Mini for travel across Europe.

BMW will not bring crossover MINI to Frankfurt

On Monday company BMW has informed on the decision to postpone a debut of the serial version of crossover MINI.

Earlier the car it was planned to present on September automobile show in Frankfurt, however now the car it decided to show not earlier than 2010. Possibly, the premiere will take place in the spring, at the international exhibition in Geneva. On it informs magazine Autocar referring to the representative of German firm in the USA.

As it was informed earlier, the design of four-seater crossover MINI should repeat practically in accuracy appearance of conceptual working out presented in last year on the Parisian autoshow.

The scale of engines repeats the ruler of motors offered for hatchbacks MINI. Besides, the crossover will have a new 1,6-L unit with two turbines with which serial updating of the car begins to be equipped.

Instead of a crossover on automobile show in Frankfurt company MINI will present two other novelties: a conceptual 211-strong sportcoupe and a roadster constructed on the basis of usual MINI Cooper. Whether there will be these cars in a series at present is informed.

Anniversary Mini Coupe Concept

Company Mini has decided to celebrate the 50-year-old anniversary with release Mini Coupe Concept which will be presented on the international motor show in Frankfurt in the middle of September.

This car — compact sportcoupe, constructed on the basis of usual Mini Cooper, — differs from a traditional three-door hatchback lower, sloping roof with unusual registration of a back rack of a body, and also slightly modernised design of forward and back bumpers.

In the technical plan concept-car almost completely repeats traditional hatchback Mini Cooper S.
In salon — the forward panel fitted by a skin with carbon inserts and slightly modifed forward seats (back armchairs in this car are not present). In the rest interior Mini Coupe Concept differs nothing from serial cars.

Whether there will be this car in a batch production — yet is not informed. As they say in official press release Mini, concept-car "should give representation about in what direction the brand in the near future" will develop. It is not excluded, that coupe will appear in modelling number Mini in some years — after on the conveyor there will be one more novelty a compact crossover.

At home for a life in new ecological conditions

Though the basic problem for housing construction considers an economic condition, the ecology also is in an attention zone.

After flooding in England in 2007, Norwich Union, together with RIBA were engaged in research of a theme of safety of our houses.

Competition “Flood Houses for the Future House” has begun in July, has been submitted more than eight-ten demands from all world.

In the instruction to the project it has been specified, that it is necessary to create the house with a garden which is a settlement part, on flat district which is subject to floodings.

Four winners — Nissen Adams from London, Pohkit Goh from Edinburgh, Hopper Howe Sadler and Eleena Jamil architects, — have defined last week. Each project has received a gratuity at a rate of 3500 pounds sterling.

Further business behind introduction of technologies, after all is important to involve developers in idea of ecological safety and stability of habitation, to interest in additional value of structures which their survival rate in the conditions of modern astable ecology is.

Such policy of building means integrated approach of approaches; creation of the plan with the safety zones, special drainage system.

All projects-winners considered complex principles. Their overall objective was to prove that the design not only simplifies our life, but also gives us comfort, and also, — cares of our safety.

BMW prepares for manufacture new Mini

German automobile concern BMW plans to begin release of two new models Mini at factory nearby to Oxford, in the south of England.

Newspaper Financial Times has characterised such decision BMW as "a vote of confidence of the British industry" which will provide considerable growth in the automobile branch which have suffered from crisis of the Great Britain.

Head BMW Norbert Reithofer has declared, that start of new models will demand increase in number of the personnel of factory and investments into means of production as at present the enterprise makes on 200,000 cars a year that is close to the maximum plan of the enterprise (220,000 cars a year). At factory which is one of the largest enterprises of the British car industry, work about 3,500 persons.