Mini

This Sunday, March 16, driver Guerlain Chicherit will drive his Monster Energy/Team Toyo MINI Countryman down a giant ramp in the French alpine town of Tignes in an attempt to set the world record for the longest ramp jump. …

Some entertaining in-car footage shot from the passenger side of driver John Cardoo’s 1974 Austin Mini as it zipped around the track in Ireland’s HRCA Championship back in 2011.…

Jay Leno heads into the desert of Death Valley to ride along with 2014 Dakar winner Nani Roma in his MINI All4 Racing rally car. First, the two go out for a leisurely tour among the dunes in a production MINI Countryman.…

MINI will be unveiling its new Clubman concept vehicle at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and we really like this preview of where MINI may be going in the future with the four-door Clubman.…

MINI is looking to the public to help them choose which of their 10 Final Test Drive designs they should put into production. The designs all contain some great custom graphics and the designers also chose the options to go into the vehicle; some going with LED headlights and rear fog lights and some with the cold weather package and ski holders.…

In this fascinating video, XCAR takes a look at who John Cooper was and how he became affiliated with MINI. Of course, Cooper’s name is all over the MINI line today, with the MINI Cooper and MINI’s sport-line John Cooper Works MINI.…

When MINI announced they were entering the grueling Dakar rally, we were skeptical about the little car’s ability to keep up over sand, dirt and mountaintops.…

MINI showcased its new John Cooper Works Concept at the 2014 North American International Auto Show and, from what we saw, it’s a car very worthy of the JCW badge.…

Our friends at MotorAuthority recently spotted the new MINI E electric coupe out for testing in Germany. The vehicle will officially be revealed next year, but it seems MINI has taken it out on the streets for some real-world cruising.…

MINI will debut its next John Cooper Works race-inspired concept car at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in January. This version of the JCW is based on the latest generation MINI, with a slightly longer wheelbase and wider track.…

BMW recently celebrated the return of MINI production to the Netherlands by rebuilding a 1959 Austin Seven. The MINI, of course, has an impressive legacy and Electric Federal created this short documentary film of that legacy beginning back in 1959. …

Jay Leno’s Garage shows off one of the more unusual Mini Coopers we’ve ever laid eyes on. This 2002 Mini Cooper was modified by builder Jacque Andres of Bay Bridge Bimmers and Minis to give it a second engine.…

When you’re choosing a car to compete in an off-road race spanning thousands of miles from Argentina, through Bolivia, and ending in Chile, your first choice may not be to turn to the MINI Countryman.…

In 1964, famed rally driver Paddy Hopkirk won the Monte Carlo Rally with his car number 37, a Mini Cooper S, which won the race despite being pitted against far more powerful vehicles. …

The new generation MINIs have always been very capable cars and great fun to drive. MINI’s 2015 MINI Cooper line doesn’t change that, but does sport an all-new engine.…