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Monday, February 23, 2015
Monday, October 27, 2014
Video: Mini JCW Sets New FWD Lap Record at Nurburgring
The Nurburgring lap record for front-wheel-drive production cars has been with Renault for many years. Two different iterations of the Megane set new benchmarks in 2008 and 2011, respectively, with an 8-minute 7-seven record to survive until March 2014. That's when the Seat Leon Cupra became the first FWD car to lap the 'Ring in less than eight minutes. However, the new benchmark didn't last too long, as Renault returned to the German track with the Megane RS 275 Trophy-R and regained its top position with a 7-minute 54-second lap.
While the Megane RS 275 Trophy-R still stands as the fastest production FWD car on the "Green Hell," the French hatch is far from being the quickest overall FWD car around the race course. That honor goes to a beefed-up Mini Cooper that just smashed the Megane's lap by a whopping 10 seconds. How's that possible? Well, first of all, the Mini in question is a John Cooper Works model. Then there's the fact that the hatch got a few extra tweaks from German specialist Schirra Motoring. The end result is a 1.6-liter four-banger that generates 286 horsepower - 78 ponies over the stock model - a curb weight of only 2,215 pounds, and a hatch that's faster than a host of sports cars.
I'm not kidding, this JCW is quicker around the `Ring than both the Porsche 911 GT2 and the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, and it matches the Pagani Zonda S' Nurburgring lap time. That's downright impressive no matter how you look at it, even though this Mini doesn't qualify as a production car. This also means the Megane RS 275 Trophy-R gets to keep its record, but Schirra's Mini is definitely the coolest FWD car to have lapped the 'Ring so far.
Video: Mini JCW Sets New FWD Lap Record at Nurburgring originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 23 October 2014 08:00 EST.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Mini Cooper "DeLux"
Not to toot our own horn, but we did call this, didn't we? Mini has officially announced the winner of the "MINI Originals" design contest and like we predicted, that Tron-looking Cooper, dubbed "DeLux" by creator Alex Coyle, was announced as the winner of the competition.
The blacklight-influenced Mini Cooper beat out some worthy challengers, but in the end, none were as popular to the Mini community as Coyle's design, whose name he explained came from the word "lux," the "root meaning of the word 'light'".
As the winner of the contest, the young sophomore student studying creative advertising and photography at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA will now have the distinction of seeing his creation come to life in the form of a limited run of Coopers carrying the 'DeLux" package.
Anybody interested in it can now place orders on MINIUSA.com and through MINI dealerships across the country. Be warned, though, Mini has indicated that there will only be up to 56 models of Coyle's DeLux package so if you're pining for one, better place an order before the units run out.
In the meantime, the DeLux Cooper will be in attendance at the New York Auto Show next week so that's also a good a time as any to have an up-close look at this very unique Cooper.
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Mini Cooper "DeLux" originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 14 April 2014 13:00 EST.
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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Video: Swiss Artists Lu&Lu Turn the MINI Countryman Into an Alpine Art Car
| Posted on 03.2.2013 18:00 by |
Switzerland is set to become the center of the auto world when the annual auto show opens next week. It’s also important to remember that the 2013 Burton European Open snowboarding event in LAXX, Switzerland is also on-going.
It’s important because MINI is a sponsor of the event and when a marketing opportunity presents itself, you know MINI going to take full advantage of it. So what exactly did MINI do?
Build a Countryman art car, of course; except that this isn’t just any other art car. It’s one that was designed by Swiss local artists Lu&Lu and has been rechristened as the Countryman RE:LAAX!
Using the Swiss Alps as the inspiration, Lu&Lu proceeded to draw an image - or something that resembles it - of the picturesque landscape of the region. And the best part is, they chronicled the whole thing via a video, which need we say more, is a must-watch.
Video: Swiss Artists Lu&Lu Turn the MINI Countryman Into an Alpine Art Car originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 2 March 2013 18:00 EST.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Video: MINI Countryman Does Crazy Back Flip in the French Alps
| Posted on 02.18.2013 07:00 by |
The warning disclaimer before the start of the video seems appropriate. Nobody in the right frame of mind should ever try duplicating this stunt, let alone even remotely think about it.
Leave it up to the pros, fellas.
MINI’s participation in the stunt is indicative enough that this won’t be your average performance. See, when you have the German automaker bringing in a heavily-modified MINI Countryman with GRAVIT-T team driver, Guerlain Chicherit, in the setting of the Tignes Ski Resort in the French Alps, you can do a whole lot of crazy things, including performing a 360-degree backflip that clearly goes way past the bounds of sanity.
To their credit, they managed to pull the stunt off and it looks pretty remarkable with the magic of video editing, but for the love of God, this is one stunt that no matter how good it looks, you better need to stay away from at all costs.
Watch the video; that’s all you need to do
Video: MINI Countryman Does Crazy Back Flip in the French Alps originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 18 February 2013 07:00 EST.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
New Mini John Cooper Works GP unveiled
Spy shots pretty much stated it's on its way, and also here it is: the new Mini David Cooper Operates General practitioner. It can be generating an appearance at the Mini United Festival within France a few days ago, and even though Mini provides nevertheless in order to details distinct power quantities or exhibit your automobile's inside, it has produced any Nurburgring occasion: 8 min's, 23 just a few seconds, which usually, as we documented last The spring, enhances the last Mini GP (circa 2007) through 19 mere seconds.Such as that it is forerunner, your GP-spec hardtop will lose it is back again seat pertaining to weight-loss, receives a full complement associated with strength and also suspension updates, such as a race-spec headgear along with braking system, as well as sports activities unique aero alterations, trolley wheels along with visuals for you to distinguish by itself coming from "regular" JCW versions. You'll need an electrical amount upper of the 214 mounts the last GP developed (common JCW Minis create 208 hp right this moment). Just Two,500 in the new Mini JCW Gps device is going to be constructed and also offered internationally.Considering that the standard Steve Cooper Operates models are fairly outstanding out of the box, the particular Doctor ought to be deliriously exciting. Absolutely no prices yet, but as a new loaded-up Bob Cooper Functions effortlessly incurs the particular high-$30K array today, we would count on the limited-production General practitioner in order to miss correct past the $40,000 indicate.
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