We're bringing our hot hatch to SCCA's Track Night in America.
Looking for a well-maintained hot hatch?
Who could say no to a 300-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive Mini?
Looking for a project under budget for our $2018 Challenge?
Honda power and all-wheel drive. This Mini has it all.
What if we told you that there's a bunch of fuel-efficient vehicles out there that are actually fun to drive?
Our Smiles-Per-Gallon Shootout Asks Whether It’s Possible to Combine Fuel Economy With Performance
The evolving sport compact wars give three new contenders a chance to shine: MINI Cooper S, Mazdaspeed3 and Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V.
Even if it’s not supercharged, the MINI Cooper can easily make some nice horsepower gains with simple mods that you can perform at home.
The Sesame Street approach to chassis setup.
If you spend a lifetime around cars, you are going to lose a few engines.
We all like to stay within our comfort zones. If that weren't the case, they would be called something different. But sometimes a step outside of your comfort zone can be a refreshing change of pace...
An overview of the best cars for SCCA's Street Touring autocross class.
Turn heads, have jolly good fun.
British charm meets Japanese spunk.
A Summer With the Right Steed Reminds Us How Easy Track Days Can Be.
Luis Perocarpi and his family liked to go road racing. It was a little different from what we think of as road racing.
How can you get the most out of your modern Mini?
We share a dozen great sports cars from over the years which became icons that we now know and love, which one is next?
Per and Kim get a 2005 Chili Red MINI and have *way* too much fun.
We like our 2005 Cooper so much we bought a 2007 Cooper S.
A 2005 MINI Cooper S that will be used for Club Racing.
This particular Cooper S was originally going to compete in SCCA's Street Modified autocross class, but we ended up making a track car out of it--and learned a lot about ...
Ever since we first drove the new MINI Cooper at Import Carlisle last year we knew we needed to have one. We immediately contacted BMW, the parent company behind the ...
This is going to be an occasional autocrosser and full time family hauler for the Schroeder family. We got a base Cooper Clubman with just a few options. The paint ...
When given the opportunity to foster one of the new MINI John Cooper Works, how could we say no? So, our question: Does it live up to its promise by ...
A 1977 RHD with a Rob Walker-built 1293, four-pot vented brakes and Minifins, fully adjustable suspension, Group 2 arches, Minator 10” wheels and a whole lot of attitude.
If driving a ...
1969, RHD, black over Tartan red, 998cc, twin HS2 carbs w/ K&N filter elements, factory recliners, original Hydrolastic suspension, Goodridge stainless steel brake hoses, original RadioMobile vaccuum tube radio, OMP ...
simple, basic Cooper with 6 speed manual, and cold weather, Sport, and premium packages. Fun little commuter.
2006 Space Blue MCS, 15% pulley, 1-ball exhaust, DDM intake, silcone intake hose, M7 STB and USS, 17" BBS LM wheels, 215/40R17 Riken Raptor tires.
848cc Mini saloon, right hand drive, 8.4" disc brakes, 12" GB alloys, Suzuki Swift GTi seats, bone stock engine spewing 37bhp eventually will be replaced by a 1098. Less than ...
Mostly stock, due to running in GS class: Magnecor Wires, Iridium Plugs, K&N Filter, OEM Exhaust (for now), Kumho V710s
I call it world's fastest (looking) 850 Mini. 37,000 original miles, former little old lady car now with flares, alloys, disc brakes, fancy steering wheel and Suzuki seats. Not fast, ...
This is our little Mini, we have a 05 model also, but this thing gets more smiles and comments than anything we have ever owned. My weird paints because we ...
.....1972 mini clubman totaly rebuilt by myself. every part of this car has been fabricated by me.. rear wheel drive 2900cc 24 valve v6 ford cosworth .all steel body kit ...
Mostly stock :D as it's a daily driver. camber plates for -1.8 goodness. koni fsd struts and oem springs.
Just bought this fine example of modern tech. A low mileage car in red with white roof and bonnet stripes.
Dark silver/white
My new to me solo II ride. Gotta remember to keep my foot on the loud pedal if she gets loose on me! Many years of rear drivers in my ...
Here is my wife Diane at the P.C.A. 2009 Ladies Day event at High Plains Raceway. The car has Koni struts, quicksilver exhaust and 01R rubber. The P.C.A. event included ...
Hyper Blue/Black Leatherette interior. Former track car, now retired for street duty. FOR SALE! Contact if interested. Modifications: Revolution Mini Works custom tune - the best out there Enkei RPF-1 ...
Dark Silver w/ Black Top.
hyper blue finicky car
Wife's cars with automatic that I drive 95% :-)
This is what you get when you let the wife test drive a car on a whim after she's decided on a Nissan Murano.
White with white roof. Surf racks on the roof.
Chili Red with Black Roof, Mirrors and Bonnet Stripes
Checkmate edition 2006 MINI Cooper S with the factory JCW kit.
heres a few pics of a not so recent but {finally} running addition to the collection.. Our japanese market Mini cooper, with new revo's as well a completly new brakes ...
Built 9/07. Borla exhaust, Rota RB wheels
Taken on the Tail of the Dragon. Someday I will go back with one of my motorcycles.
Red/White; extensive aftermarket mods; track days at NHMS, VIR, Watkins Glen; mid-winter trips to northern and eastern Canada
'06 RG/S MCS, Dinan Cowl + Stage 3 Software, Dinan STB, OS Giken LSD, ACT XTSS Clutch/flywheel, 15% pulley, JCW Exhaust, 19mm Rear Sway Bar, H-Sport Camber Plates, Mini Mania ...
05 / app 300 hp depending on tune ."E" rasure !! (for sure) ALL of em-----------fishead
More pictures of my cosworth engined mini ...owned by wantage from the UK
2005 MINI Cooper S Convertible, Red exterior with Cordoba Beige Leather Interior.
Chilli Red/White
Daily Driver
exhaust, supercharger pully, nothing fancy. sold it, wish i still had it
Pepper white and black "Justa-Cooper" with sport suspension, SS brake lines, cold air intake, and hi-flo foam air filter.
1993 Rover Mini w/ 1275cc A+ engine, single SU carburetor, 4-speed manual transmission
RHD
Just picked this up and LOVE IT! BMW Build Quality and Miata handling!
Koni yellow (double adjustable), Miltek catback, Hoosier A6 AutoX tires on SSR wheels, Nology wires, K&N filter, otherwise...bone stock.
2005 MINI Cooper, Blue, Stock...HS ride, newly riding on RE-11's for some local fun...
This car was ordered by my g/f and me. When she bought her '03 MINI, she was lucky to find exactly what she wanted on the showroom floor, but always ...
Just picked her up today, so she's still stock. plans include a Mini Do More trailer hitch, some form of strut tower savers (either Craven Performance units or a M7 ...
I have a 1973 MKIII, automatic, right hand drive Mini.
My car is a right hand drive, automatic. I bought it 4 years ago. It went through inspection (MOT) in October 2005 in England. I take my car to a ...
Alta cold air intake; UUC catback exhaust; Custom header; 15% reduction pulley on supercharger; 2% oversized crank pulley; H-Sport springs, control arms and rear sway bar; Ireland Engineering camber plates; ...
FSP/Track Day Mini Cooper Suspension/Brakes: K-Mac Camber Plates, Truechoice Single Adjustable Koni Coilovers, 19 mm Alta Rear Bar, Adjustable Lateral Links, 15x8 Rota RBs, Yokohama AD08s, Ferrodo Pads, Goodridge Lines, ...
2004 MCS JCW, 15% pulley,Ultrik/K&N CAI,MSD ignition & wires,Mynes V2 header, TSW rear control arms,H-sport front and rear sway bars,H-sport lowering springs,powerflex bushes all around,modified Forge intercooler,Orciari cowl vents,Detroit Tuned ...
Tweaked - 17% Pulley. Cold Air Intake. 19mm RSB. Volt Catback SS Exhaust.
2006 MINI GP, #587
I ordered this car new from MINI of Dallas in February of 2003 after a late January MINI test drive. I had just read about the MINI in Grassroots Motorsports, ...
2002 Cooper S
2006 MINI Cooper S
2008 MINI Cooper S Clubman
1980 Mini Cooper Mayfair
Some of the usual MINI mods: Intake Exhaust Pulley Brakes It did see 2 winters, but is the toy now. Great car!
The Wife's car. Pretty stock but lots of fun, the only mods are H&R sway bars, some better brake pads, and stickier tires.
My summer ride.
Dark Metallic Silver w/sunroof
Ivory with Sidewalk Interior option and black top. Town car - happy car. Has the Cooper Works upgrade to engine.
Bought it with 35k, four years ago and have 140k now. No mods, and the only major repair was replacing the supercharger myself, this weekend.
Red, stock
GP # 1405 Adj Front Camber Plates, 19mm Rear Sway Bar, Lower Stress Brace, Miltek Exhaust, TCE/Wilwood Brakes.
Daily Driver
Lightning Blue Metalic, 6-speed manual.
Mini Mk1
Steptronic Automatic Trans. Color Pepper White with black roof
BRG II with Black Roof and Mirrors Craven Speed Strut Tower Defenders, K&N Airfilter, Alta Stubby antenna, 17x7" Team Motorsports Pro Race 1.2 Wheels, 215/45R17 Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Spec ...
Wonderful Chili Red Mini Hated the run flats so replaced them with Goodyear Eagle GTs. A little soft in the sidewalls but I don't have to worry about replacing them ...
almost stock - just a race sway bar so far...
Pretty much stock save for a CAI and rear sway bar, been a fun commuter since I bought it new back in 2004.
Looking to modify in the near future
black on black. Completely stock, with factory supercharger it is plenty fast enough!
2005 Mini Cooper in purple haze. This is Julie's daily driver.
I picked this up on a whim: it was just so clean I couldn't pass it up. Was a 2 owner car & the guy I bought it from was ...
Brand new-to-me cpo 2009 justa cooper, night fire red, 6spd. Surprisingly quick, very nimble, and averaging 38mpg... city + hwy! Hoping to make a cone eating H-stock autox'er out of ...
1275 A+, HIS-6 SU, K&N, LCB, PlayMini exhaust, Pertronix, Cooper S disks, 6x10 MiniLite clone, SPAX, debumpered, debadged, FRG front clip, MK1 grill tail lites and boot lid, bullet mirrors, ...
The MINI Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP kit (or “GP”) – only 2000 of these special edition MINIs were sold, with 415 coming to USA! The GP was ...
Former race car. Richard longman prepared 1275 cc engine. Restored to street use.
Brg with white top. Leather interior.
Bright Orange, 15% pulley swap, cold air intake and flyin-miata rear sway bar
Blue S, ready to autocross !!!
1980 shell painted Dodge "Mango Tango" orange. Stock interior Sportpack wheel arches D16Z6 VTec conversion
Pepper white, 6 spd
Black & White
Tuned to 225 WHP
Pepper White Clubman (non s) Custom K&N intake, M7 parts here and there, JCW exhaust, and H&R springs
not exactly stock :-)
Baker Street edition, w/AT daily driver
Martini livery mini with modified Zeemax bodykit and powered by a worked Toyota Starlet 4EFTE engine (turbo-charged and intercooled) giving 220fwhp!!
Wife's DD and our auto-x car. Run in RTF (HS). Sports suspension Hotchkis 25mm hollow rear bar 205/50/16 Z1 Star Specs
Totally stock for now.
Paddy - 1973 Austin Mini Cooper S Resto-Mod. Built from scratch using a combination of new and restored original Cooper S parts by Dyrk Bolger a Canadian Mini racer and ...
BRG with white roof.
My MINI Cooper S
This was my first year autocrossing the Mini and I had a blast. A couple of mods later and I've moved out of stock class. I know I'm a bit ...
2005 MINI Cooper, Chili Red, White Roof/Mirrors/Wheels
Driven by my wife in binary fashion: steer by going lock to lock, full acceleration, or full brake.
Pepper White, JCW exterior package,17" Challenge Cross Spoke wheels, 6 speed, miscellaneous options.
Pepper White Hatchback
2014 MINI Cooper hardtop, turbo 1.5 liter 3 cyl, 6 speed manual trans, Sport, Premium, and cold weather packages.
2006 MINI Cooper S Engine: • Alta cold air intake • Craven 17% supercharger reduction pulley • NDK Iridium plugs • JCW 380cc injectors Suspension: • Eibach Pro-Kit lowering springs ...
Autohorrible CVT. Good Chassis. Sold.
1 of 1000 Monte Carlo 40th Anniversary (MC40) editions. DDM Intake, Hsport Comp RSB, Poly dogbone
Well it's been a long time coming but I finally got my MINI Cooper. Yes it justacooper but it's fun and gets great gas mileage. Next up autocross and then ...
Midnight Black Metallic. R56S LCI with the N18 1.6l Turbo Charged Engine.
Won my first SCCA National Championship in this car. Retired in '09. Daily driver ever since.
Supercharger overdrive pulley, Magnaflow exhaust. Acting as second car right now but waiting for transformation into weekend racer.
114k miles Stock
As the magazine said about me and this car..."Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good!
JCW Package
Horizon Blue Metallic
RHD mini imported from England in 2004. Orange with white roof. Tryin' like hell to keep the shiny up whilst driving it like it was stolen!
6 speed
Stone stock, the household Nice, Reliable, Late-Model vehicle! And awfully spiffy for a car to fill that role...
Poverty spec Cooper S, with sunroof but cloth upholstery. Has the JCW engine kit but stock brakes...
Semi stripped r53 supercharged weekend warrior that does nothing but put a smile on my face. Gently track prepped but also handles backroads with ease.
Stock Daily Driver
Silk Green with black roof Owned since 2013. 195k miles
Chili Red with black roof. Sport Package Bought this car as a "rescue", from being traded by the previous owner. Recently returned from a trip to Colorado to SW Florida ...
White with black stripes
New to me. Since i kinda know my way around them, the devil ya know for now. About 93k on the clock. No ac nor heat. Supercharger oil had been ...
Daily Driver
Frankenstein of a mini designed to look like a R56 Challenge Car, but be the best handling Mini ever. It has the JCW tuning kit, good for 197 hp and ...
Purchased from original owner in 1993. Worked on it till 1999. Started project again in 2018.
30,000 miles
Starlight Blue Edition
Rusty, but not badly beaten. Needs to be torn down, dipped, and pretty much everything rebuilt or replaced. Waiting for its turn, and I'm so excited for it.
Bought for $1300 dollars... High mileage 260k but one owner that has been taken care of... Needs some work...
The family car
British Racing Green, smooth top, 6 speed, oversized crank pulley, 16% supercharger pulley, K&N intake, screamin' demon ignition, 1 step cooler plugs, high temp thermostat. Planned: poor man's big brake ...
