MotoringFile Podcast: MINI JCW Race Team Interview
Earlier this year MINI had its biggest Motorsports win since Monte Carlo in the 60’s for the iconic hardtop when they won the BMW Endurance Challenge At Daytona. That’s the opinion or...
MINI & BMW Revamp Their Driving Experiences for 2017
Official Release: BMW of North America is proud to offer customers and enthusiasts the opportunity to experience newly enhanced driver training courses for both the BMW and MINI Driving Experiences. The BMW...
Race Recap: MINI Wins BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona
The weather was perfect, and if you were a MINI fan the race was too. Â Two years of hard work finally payed off with the MINI JCW Team’s first ever victory in...
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...
2017 Dakar Rally Ends with Exhaustion and Celebration for MINI
Official Release: Another exciting yet challenging Dakar has come to an end today with all three new MINI John Cooper Works Rally cars successfully completing their first ever Dakar – demonstrating that...
2017 Dakar Rally Update – The Dakar Strikes Back
It’s been a tortuous Dakar for many competitors with epic weather and epic stories happening almost daily. Unfortunately through it all MINI has fallen back to six overall and MINIs lead driver...
MINI at Dakar Stage 5: The MINI Team Falls Back to 5th
Official Release: All drivers faced a much shorter route than expected on Stage 5 of the 2017 Dakar, following a decision by race organisers to reduce the route from 692 km to...
Dakar Stage 4: MINI Continues Assault at the Dakar Moving into 3rd
Stage 4 of the 2017 Dakar proved eventful today, but it was successful for many of the MINI competitors, with six pairings continuing to improve on their overall position in the standings...
The Dakar Rally Is Underway – MINI In the Top Ten
Official release: The 2017 Dakar Rally (2-14th January) finally got underway with Stage 1, Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay, to Resistencia, Argentina. The 454 km route included a 39 km Special...
MINI JCW Dakar Rally Car – Official Gallery
The MINI JCW rally car was designed from the ground up to take on and win the Dakar rally. It’s a product of smart people trying to solve for an almost impossible...