MINI at the 2014 Dakar Rally. A total of eleven MINI ALL4 Racing compete in the 2014 Dakar. All are based on the MINI John Cooper Works Countryman, ...

Mini is gearing up to head back to Dakar. The company campaigned five ALL4 racecars last year, and took the overall victory with driver Stéphane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret.

Once the Dakar force to beat, Mini has had to sit by and watch Peugeot's beastly 2WD overshadow it the past two years. Now it's experimenting with a rugged 2WD buggy of its own, preparing to run ...

Guillaume de Mevius led a 1-2 finish for X-raid Mini on Stage 6 of Dakar Rally, as Henk Lategan’s lead in the overall standings was slashed to seven minutes. As Dakar resumed after a rest day in ...

A Mini may not be the first vehicle that springs to mind when you think about taking on the brutal terrain of the Dakar. This, however, is no school-run Mini – more than 50 X-raid engineers and ...

Guerlain Chicherit took a surprise victory for X-raid Mini in the opening stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia after a long battle with Toyota rivals. Frenchman Chicherit was quick from ...

Mini will race at Dakar with a four-wheel-drive Rally model and a new, rear-wheel-drive Buggy entry. Read more and see pictures at Car and Driver.

Despite an available ALL4 all-wheel drive, the MINI Countryman isn't necessarily the most ideal car to take off road – unless of course it's outfitted for Dakar dominance.

Learning to drive in the sand, while behind the wheel of a Dakar Rally-winning racecar, is like taking Driver’s Ed in a Formula One car. Fresh from taking overall victory in the world’s… ...

Off-road legends Carlos Sainz and Stéphane Peterhansel will be at the wheel of an X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Buggy at the 2020 Dakar Rally.

BMW's Mini unit will debut its latest Mini ALL4 racing cars in the 35th Rally Dakar, which begins in Lima, Peru, tomorrow. The company's Monster Energy X-raid Team includes four modified racers ...

Mini celebrated its 2013 Dakar Rally win with a special John Cooper Works Countryman All4. Only 11 will be made; all will be sold in France.