Motorsport

Racing Minis!

While the Mini racing series briefly flourished and then quietly died over here in New Zealand (new Minis that is, the classic Mini racing scene is still very strong!), it is still very much a thing in the UK, and damn does it look good! In this video Nick from XCAR takes a look at the […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Mini 5-door hatch

It’s a Mini Jim, but not as we know it. Well, actually, it kind of is. But then it also kind of isn’t. The Mini 5-door hatch treads the narrow ground between the 3-door hatch, the 5-door Countryman SUV and the even intrudes slightly on the Clubman’s territory by being similarly a-bit-longer and sort-of more spacious […]

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Motorsport Random Stuff!

The Longest Jump

Okay, this came out a few days ago, but we have been busy okay? A while back professional skier, rally driver and all-round daredevil nutcase Guerlain Chicherit to set a world record for the world’s longest ramp to ramp jump in a car. It went very badly wrong. Chicherit suffered only minor injuries in the crash, […]

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New Cars News

Auf Wiedersehen Schweinefleischtorte?

It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it in German, but Mini New Zealand is planning a remake of a famous scene from one of New Zealand’s most loved movies – the Lake Hawea chase scene from ‘Goodbye Pork Pie’ The scene will be re-cast with the winner from an online competition and a […]

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