Rumours are still circulating that BMW Mini will be taking part in the World Rally Championship from 2012, racing the new Mini Countryman crossover.
Mini has been linked with the highly successful Prodrive group, a British car technology company based in Oxfordshire.
Mini of course has a proud history in rally racing going back to the 1960s. While Prodrive won six WRC titles with the Subaru World Rally Team and also led Aston Martin to back to back wins at Le Mans in 2007 and 2008.
So this could prove to be a very fruitful partnership indeed. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens next…
The regular, non-racing Mini Countryman will be available to buy, from Bond Street Select, from September 2010.
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