MINI Countryman News
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We’ve already seen the regular versions of the updated 2015 MINI Cooper Countryman and 2015 Cooper Paceman, and now we have details for the high-performance John Cooper Works variants. MUST SEE: Stolen Tesla Police Chase Ends In Massive, Fiery Wreck, Splits Model S In Half: Video They feature the same visual tweaks as the regular 2015 models, such as revised headlights, new grille patterns and piano black exterior elements (chrome is still available), and they are also expected to benefit from slightly more power under the hood. Both continue to be powered by a turbocharged 1.6-liter...
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2015 MINI Countryman Gets Revised Styling, New Tech: 2014 New York Auto Show
MINI may have just introduced an all-new Cooper Hardtop, but that doesn’t mean it’s ignoring its other models. The automaker has just rolled out an updated version of its Cooper Countryman, which is on show this week at the 2014 New York Auto Show. It’s due to go on sale later...
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2015 MINI Countryman To Make World Debut In New York
MINI’s Countryman crossover was introduced for the 2011 model year, and received its first update for 2013. Now, just a week out from the 2014 New York Auto Show, MINI has confirmed that it will use the event for the world debut of its 2015 Countryman. Although MINI has already introduced its...
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MINI Celebrates Dakar Win With Special Edition JCW Countryman
A MINI, albeit a highly-modified one, has been driven to victory in the arduous Dakar Rally for the past two years, with Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel and his co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret pulling off the feat on both occasions. Their weapon of choice was the custom-built MINI ALL4 Racing...
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X-Raid Team Drives MINI Countryman To Second Consecutive Dakar Rally Win
Following their win at last year’s race, the duo made up of Frenchmen Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret have won the Dakar Rally once more, and in dominant style. They piloted their Monster Energy X-raid Team-sponsored MINI ALL4 Racing to victory in the arduous race in a time...
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2013 Dodge SRT Viper Driven, Best Car To Buy Short List, BMW i Eco Concept: Car News Headlines
Today we tell you what it’s like to drive the all-new 2013 Dodge SRT Viper on the street and on the track. Though equipped with modern concessions to safety like electronic stability control, the new Viper is hardly what we’d call de-fanged. The list of Best Car To Buy candidates is...
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Last January, MINI surprised the racing world by taking first place honors in the grueling Dakar Rally. Even more surprising was the fact that 2012 represented MINI’s very first attempt at the event, a testament to the preparation and planning of the X-raid Team, as well as the durability of the MINI Cooper Countryman. In 2013, driver Stéphane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret will attempt to repeat last year’s win, again behind the wheel of an X-raid prepared MINI. Peterhansel is no stranger to the event: 2012 marked his 10th Dakar Rally win, and the French...
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2013 MINI Countryman Preview
MINI’s first offering with available all-wheel-drive, the Countryman crossover, enters its third year on the market in 2013. That means it’s time for a bit of a refresh, though those expecting significant differences between 2012 and 2013 models will likely be a bit disappointed. New...
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The 2013 MINI John Cooper Works Countryman Kite Reel: Video
The new MINI John Cooper Works Countryman is a versatile vehicle, but we doubt it's capable of the stunt in this video.
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2013 MINI John Cooper Works Countryman Live Pics From Geneva
2013 MINI John Cooper Works Countryman live photos
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2013 MINI John Cooper Works Countryman: Official Details, Pics
The long-rumored John Cooper Works Countryman has been confirmed by MINI, and will hit dealers in the U.S. this fall.
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X-Raid Team Drives MINI Countryman ALL4 To 2012 Dakar Rally Victory
Stéphane Peterhansel and his co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret have taken out top honors at the 2012 Dakar Rally for the X-Raid Team and MINI. At the end of the last of 14 demanding stages, the two Frenchmen and their green MINI Cooper Countryman ALL4 Racing was confirmed as the winner of the...
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Following last week’s report that MINI had missed the deadline for filing paperwork necessary to compete in the 2012 World Rally Championship, news coming out today claims the factory-backed team has dropped its star driver, Irishman Kris Meeke, due to budgetary constraints. Despite Meeke being just one year into his three year contract with MINI WRC, it’s believed that the Prodrive-run team has overshot its budget for the 2012 season and was thus forced to drop him and his co-driver Paul Nagle. News of the changes have made their way to Twitter though an official confirmation is...
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Did MINI Miss Its Chance To Race In The 2012 WRC Season?
MINI has missed a key deadline to file entry paperwork for the 2012 WRC season; unless the FIA grants an extension, the MINI WRC Team may sit out the next year.
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MINI To Debut Countryman John Cooper Works In Geneva: Report
MINI has reportedly been working on a high-performance version of its Countryman crossover for nearly two years, and the Countryman John Cooper Works is set to break cover at March's Geneva Motor Show.
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Prodrive Working On Road-Going MINI Countryman WRC: Report
MINI’s new World Rally Championship racer, based on the Countryman crossover and developed by British motorsports and engineering firm Prodrive, recently made its official world debut and has since been throwing up dirt at a number WRC events in Europe. Next year the rally car, officially...
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2012 MINI Countryman John Cooper Works Spy Shots
The 2012 MINI Countryman John Cooper Works edition is seen here for the first time. A higher-performance, more road-focused version of MINI's all-wheel drive hot hatch? Sign us up.
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One-Off MINI Red Mudder By DSQUARED² Auctioned At 2011 Life Ball
Canadian twins, Dean and Dan Caten, better known as the designer duo DSQUARED², have finally presented the MINI Countryman crossover they designed exclusively for the 2011 Life Ball, a charity event held annually in Vienna in support of HIV and AIDS research that took place this past weekend...
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You already know MINI will be back in WRC this year, testing at a limited number of events ahead of a full push for the 2012 season. Here's the view from inside the company on what it means to throw gravel with the MINI badge. With this years adoption of the cost-saving Super 2000 rules for transmission and electronics, plus a 1.6-liter turbo engine, MINI's return is timed to make the most of each racing dollar--and the marketing department certainly didn't miss that memo. It remains to be seen if a special-edition street-legal rally Countryman--the platform for the WRC car--will be...
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MINI WRC Hits Up Rallye Monte Carlo Alongside Classic Mini Rally Car
Monte Carlo is one of the classic homes of rally racing, and the original Mini was no stranger to its wiles. The new MINI WRC isn't, either, now that the two have shown off at the Rallye Monte Carlo Historique. Posed beside its forerunner, the new MINI WRC looks gargantuan, despite being based on...
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Rumorific: Road-Legal MINI Countryman WRC In The Works?
File this one in the "we hope, but we don't expect" drawer, as it's almost too good an idea to be true: a road-legal, widebody, 300-horsepower MINI Countryman based on the World Rally Championship car. The source of the rumor? Anonymous and sketchy, but we almost don't care. Almost, because we hate...
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MINI All4 Dakar Rally Car Unveiled By X-Raid Team
We're still waiting on the official debut of the MINI Countryman-based World Rally Championship entrant, but the German-based X-Raid team today gives us a look at what a beefier, brawnier Dakar-worthy version of the MINI looks like with the MINI All4 Racing. The Dakar Rally, if you haven't been...
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Start Building Your Dream MINI Countryman With New Configurator
MINI has just launched a dedicated section on its main website for its new 2011 MINI Cooper Countryman, with a number of interesting features to keep potential customers and the curious interested in the car. First and foremost is a new configurator function that allows you to deck out the...
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Spy Shots: 2011 MINI Cooper Countryman S Diesel
These are the first spy shots of the upcoming MINI Cooper Countryman S Diesel, the sportier diesel variant of MINI's mildly offroad-capable model. Shown with almost no attempts to hide the car's nature, the Countryman S Diesel could be in production by early next year. Like the standard Cooper S...
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