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MINI Countryman the Only Small Car to Earn Good Grade from the IIHS
The Countryman is now the only car to achieve a good grade among the latest group of 12 cars subjected to the IIHS small overlap front crash test. >The test is more difficult than either the...
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MINI ALL4 Racing Prepares for the the Baja Poland
Official Release: No rest for the Monster Energy X-raid Team in the 2014 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies as the reigning champion is sending no fewer than four MINI ALL4 Racing cars to compete...
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MINI Among America’s Most Ticketed Cars
Well, not really but kind of. According to a study released by [insurance.com](http://www.insurance.com/) the MINI Countryman S ranks #16 among the most ticketed cars in the US, with 27.5% of R60 S...
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Quadruple Win for MINI at Rally Morocco
Official Press Release: Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel (QT/FR) in their MINI ALL4 Racing car have won the prestigious Rally Morocco, the ninth round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies....
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BMW Group’s DriveNow Launches in London
[DriveNow](http://www.sixt.co.uk/drivenow) is a car-sharing joint venture from the BMW Group and the car rental company Sixt. Through this partnership BMW contributes the vehicles and automotive...
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World Premier: MINI Countryman Park Lane
Official Release: Bold athletic flair and supreme versatility define the character of the MINI Countryman. As the first MINI with four doors, a large tailgate, five seats and optional all-wheel drive,...
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MINI Countryman Dakar Wallpaper
Looking for some new MINI related wallpaper? We’ve got two phenomenal shots of Nasser Al-Attiyah Dakar winning Countryman for you after the break. (Depending on device right click, control click or...
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MINI USA Officially Unveils 2016 Model Year Pricing and Equipment Changes
If you’re a frequent MotoringFile reader you would have seen much of the information that MINI USA released today for the 2016 model year changes. However if you missed our report earlier this spring...
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MINI ALL4 Racing Wins the Hungarian Baja
Official Release: Hungary, 16th August 2015 was the scene for an evening of dual celebration when MINI ALL4 Racing crew Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) and Mathieu Baumel (FRA) won the Hungarian Baja 2015; a...
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MF Review: The 2016 MINI Countryman
The Countryman is on its way out. Introduced in 2011 the R60 (internal MINI speak) was based on the R56 platform yet modified to the point of being almost entirely unique. The main selling points from...
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Amateur MINI Team to Tackle the Alcan 5000 Winter Rally
The 2016 Alcan 5000 Winter Rally is 4,700 miles of insanity through through frozen Alaska. And two guys from Oregon have decided to drive north and tackle it in their 2011 MINI Countryman. This is...
View ArticleDakar Begins this Weekend with MINI Ready to Defend Title
Consider this your friendly reminder – this Saturday MINI begins it’s defense of the Dakar title. Dakar is easily MINI’s most successful event in recent history with four straight wins – mostly in...
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MINI’s Record Long Jump Attempt Goes Awry
The idea was simple – best the Tanner Foust’s 332 foot jump with a 360 foot jump in a bespoke 1,000 hp MINI Countryman. However things did’t necessarily end well for French rally driver Guerlain...
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BMW and MINI Engines Earn Engine of the Year Awards
Official Release: Two class wins in this year’s competition have boosted the BMW Group’s cache of titles acquired in the prestigious International Engine of the Year Award. The two latest accolades go...
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The 2015 MINI Countryman: Official Specifications & Photo Gallery
The MINI Countryman has been a massive success for BMW and MINI since its release in 2011. For it’s forth year of production MINI is giving it the typical visual and mechanical refresh. However unlike...
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Dakar Day 8: MINI Maintains 4th
It’s looking less and less likely that MINI is going to continue it’s Dakar dominance. The good news however is that three AXION X-raid Team MINI ALL4 Racing finish Stage 7 are in the top ten. Mikko...
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MINI Loses the 2016 Dakar But Places 4 Inside the Top 10
For the first time in years MINI has not won the Dakar Rally. While there was an onslaught of MINI’s attacking this year’s rally, it wasn’t enough to stop the new Peugeots and Stéphane Peterhansel and...
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The 2015 MINI Paceman: Official Specifications & Photos
Fresh off of the light refresh of the Countryman MINI has turned its attention to the Paceman. But lets cut straight to what you want to know. Every part of the Countryman’s refresh is seen in the...
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Reports of the Paceman’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated (For Now)
Recently we heard a couple reports of the Paceman being officially discontinued by MINI. While that’s not technically the case, it’s true the R61’s days are numbered. Debuted in 2012, the Paceman has...
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The MINI Paceman to End Production This Year
BMW will cease production of the MINI Paceman along with the R60 Countryman at the end of this year. Unlike the Countryman (the new version will shift production from Magna Steyr’s Graz plant in...
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