Drawing inspiration from Olympic host city London, MINI introduces two new special-edition models to spread contemporary London around the world. These new special editions are based on the MINI Hardtop and boast exclusive equipment and tradition-laced titles.

The new models – the MINI Baker Street and MINI Bayswater – will go on sale in spring 2012. The MINI Baker Street embodies the youthful, fresh and innovative trend-setting style of the brand while the MINI Bayswater focuses primarily on the sporting verve and agile handling for which the MINI brand is known.

Both special-ediotion models will be produced over a limited period and will be sold worldwide. The MINI Baker Street can be ordered with the MINI Cooper engine and the MINI Bayswater is available as a MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S.

The MINI Baker Street is an “individualist with a taste for extravagance” and is its name is synonymous with the address of a certain fictional hero known to both visitor and locals of London.  It is 125 years since Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle, released his first story with the master detective in the title role.

The MINI Bayswater wears its inherent sporting elan and extrovert style very much on its sleeve. This model takes its name from an extremely vibrant area of London.  Bayswater is best known for its unusually high density of bars and restaurants, not to mention the adjacent and famous Hyde Park. MINI is returning to the London theme to further accentuate the link with both home country and fascination surrounding the London lifestyle.

Both the MINI Bayswater and MINI Baker Street are following in the tire tracks of a naming tradition begun by the classic Mini and reprised more recently with the MINI Camden, MINI Mayfair and MINI Clubman Hampton special editions.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the Fiat brand has teamed up with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to produce 250 “Pink Ribbon” limited-edition Fiat 500 models. This collaboration allows breast cancer awareness advocates to express their support for the cause in modern iconic Italian style.

Committing to a minimum $50,000 donation, Fiat brand will donate $1,000 per 2012 Fiat 500 Pink Ribbon limited-edition vehicle sold to BCRF to support the foundation’s mission of achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime.

“The partnership with FIAT is especially exciting as it allows breast cancer supporters to literally drive awareness for the cause year round,” said Myra J. Biblowit, BCRF President. Interested buyers can find the limited-edition Fiat 500 Pink Ribbon models at FIAT studios in October.

This July you can own your own Transformer. That’s right, your own Autobot sitting in your garage, well at least in car form anyway. With the release of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” in 3D which opens today, June 29th, Chevrolet is celebrating by releasing the 2012 Transformers Special Edition Camaro which will be a $3,000 package on the 2LT and 2SS.

Featuring everything from the RS appearance package, the Transformers package also includes black rally stripes, unique high-wing rear spoiler, 20-inch black wheels with high performance summer tires, and Autobot Shield logos on the center caps and front quarter panels on the exterior. The interior features yellow stitching for the instrument panel, center console, armrests, and seats. Once again the Autobot Shield logos are featured on the front headrests and center console lid. You can also have two dealer installed options which are 21-inch, black wheels, and black ground effects kit. After all that the only add on one could ask for would be Megan Fox. Warning Megan Fox not included with the purchase of a 2012 Camaro Transformer Special Edition.

For our readers who haven’t seen “Transformers” or “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, the fifth generation Camaro is the Autobot Bumblebee who is Shia LaBeouf’s “personal Transformer” so to speak. La Beouf acquires Bumblebee at a used car lot as a 1980’s third generation Camaro. About a third of the way into the movie, Bumblebee changes into a fifth generation (then brand new) Camaro and ever since then the Camaro’s popularity has skyrocketed.

This was part of Chevrolet’s massive marketing plan to re-launch the Camaro after a seven year leave from the market. In fact in 2010, the Camaro surpassed the Ford Mustang for top selling US sports car for the first time in 24 years. This adds fuel to the highly competitive Mustang vs. Camaro rivalry, that Carlocate.com blogged about last week. Transformers have benefited from the GM touch as well and the first two movies have killed at the box office generating a combined $1.5billion at the box office.

Here’s a sneak peak at the new Camaro and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”