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Months before the car will even go on sale, Mini decided to give its new Mini Coupe the ultimate test by entering it into the 2011 24 hours of the Nurburgring.
The Mini John Cooper Works Coupe Endurance is powered by a tuned version of the turbo-charged 1.6 liter four-cylinder engine found in the JCW Mini Coupe road car. In racing trim it makes about 250hp according to BMW.
The car retains the basic suspension layout as the street-legal Mini, but replaces the shocks with adjustable units from KW and adds an adjustable front strut brace. The anti-lock brakes have been modified with the Race ABS system from the Mini Challenge race car.
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MINI (BMW)
The development of the brand new MINI had been under operations since 1995, under the management of the – then parent company – Rover Group. BMW took over the job in 1999 and kept on developing it until 2001. The German company presented the refreshed brand for the first time at the 2000 Paris Auto Show, with a MINI concept car version.
Operations on the brand’s fresh new line-up began and still remain wher... more