MINI are going rallying with the MINI Countryman in WRC in 2011 and we’ve got video of the MINI WRC in action. ‘Old’ Mini – that’s Mini without all the capital letters – ‘owned’ rallying for a period in the 1960s. Particularly the Monte Carlo Rally, which it won in 1964, 1965 and 1967. Names […]
MINI Countryman goes WRC
MINI, together with David Richard’s Prodrive, are taking the MINI Countryman back in to Rallying with a WRC title inside three years the target. Back when Adam was a lad (as was I, coincidentally) Mini were big in rallying. In fact they wiped the floor with just about everyone else in the ’60s, winning the […]
Lagonda working on an S-Class based Concept?
Lagonda are preparing a luxury saloon concept based on the Mercedes S Class, which may make an appearance at Frankfurt. Aston Martin are still intent on bringing back the Lagonda, despite the less than universal praise for the big SUV concept they showed at Geneva this year. And if the rumours are to be believed, […]