These days an AWD version of a small hatchback is pretty much the done thing in rallying, but that wasn’t always the case. Check out the five most unlikely rally cars that were actually a thing!
Tag: Mini
Hot hatches are awesome. In their latest video the boys from Carfection throw three of the latest up against each other to see which comes out on top…
XCAR takes a look at the Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works. Turns out it is pretty damn good!
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 […]
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 […]
This week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST comes from the BNSW 1000cc Mini days. 1972 at Baypark and Barrie Philips passes the crashed car of champion Rod Collingwood. Thanks again to Terry Marshall for the fantastic pic!
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, […]
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 […]
Minis are fun – I think we all know that. The original Mini was a huge bundle of fun in a tiny, potentially deadly package, while the BMW interpretation of the Mini is almost as much fun in a far safer, more comfortable package. Now there is a new third-generation of the BMW Mini and […]
This week’s BLAST comes from Pukekohe in 1965. The 1275 Cooper S of Bryan Innes gently hurries Rod Coppins in the significantly larger and more fearsome Zephyr Corvette. As usual, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the fantastic pic!
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