Video: Check the WRC Mini in action

The Mini WRC Countryman gets down and (very) dirty in testing.

The Mini WRC Countryman gets down and (very) dirty in testing.

Published Mar 9, 2011

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Seen here in a test video, the new Mini Countryman rally car has very big shoes to fill (remember Paddy Hopkirk, Rauno Aaltonen and Stirling Moss’ sister Pat in the giant-killing rally Minis of the 1960s?) but BMW and British race developer Prodrive seem to be taking their mission seriously. The new Countryman WRC, motivated by a turbocharged, 1.6-litre engine from BMW Motorsport, will be entered in a few World Rally Chanpionship rounds in 2011 before tackling the full series in 2012.

Seen here in a test video, the new Mini Countryman rally car has very big shoes to fill (remember Paddy Hopkirk, Rauno Aaltonen and Stirling Moss' sister Pat in the giant-killing rally Minis of the 1960s?) but BMW and British race developer Prodrive seem to be taking their mission seriously. The new Countryman WRC, motivated by a turbocharged, 1.6-litre engine from BMW Motorsport, will be entered in a few World Rally Chanpionship rounds in 2011 before tackling the full series in 2012.

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