Dakar Stage 12 Ends with Three MINI Teams in the Top Ten
Official Release: Dakar 2018 is drawing to a close. Following the action of Stage 12, there now remains just two more stages before the Dakar finish line in Córdoba, Argentina. Stage 12...
Dakar Rally 2018 – Stage 5: The Deep Sands
Once again the desert sands caused problems for nearly all competitors in all categories. Right from the outset the leading group of cars hit trouble in the deep sand and dunes of...
Dakar Stage 3: More Drama for the MINI
Official Release: Day three of Dakar 2018 has once again provided drama from yet another tough, difficult special stage. Stage 3 consisted of 208 liaison kilometres, but it was the 296km route...
MINI Finishes First Weekend of Dakar with High Hopes Despite Massive Crash
Official release: Stage 2 of Dakar 2018 ended with mixed fortunes for the MINI Family. The pairing of Orlando Terranova (ARG) and Bernardo Graue (ARG) in a MINI John Cooper Works Rally...
MINI Teams Prep for the Tomorrow’s Start of the Dakar Rally 2018
Official Release: The start of the 40th edition of Dakar – the tenth in its present South America theatre – is now only hours away. Shakedown testing is complete and the MINI...
World Premier: The Dakar MINI JCW Buggy
MINI is attacking Dakar with something special this year – the first ever MINI JCW Buggy. Along with the Buggy MINI is also bringing its well tested MINI John Cooper Works Rally...
MINI JCW Rally Team Currently in 4th at the Silk Way Rally 2017
Official Release: The MINI JCW Rally team of Yazeed Al Rajhi (KSA) and Bryce Menzies have completed the first 726.95km stage of the 2017 Silk Way Rally, including a 61.43km special section...
MINI Wins Italian Baja 2017
Official Release: Jakub Przygonski (POL) and Tom Colsoul (BEL) of Orlen Team celebrated two superb results at the end of the 24th edition of the Italian Baja 2017. Not only did the...
2017 Qatar Rally – MINI Heading into the Last Day
With one stage to go MINI is leading the 2017 Qatar Cross Country Rally with three MINIs in the top five. Here’s the executive summary: – Stage win for Jakub Kuba Przygonski...
The 2017 Dakar Rally – a Look Back in Pictures
This year’s Dakar wasn’t the triumph for MINI that some had hoped. But to many that wasn’t a surprise. MINI’s new 2017 Countryman JCW simply didn’t have the testing and development time...