MINI

Video

Feb 2, 2015 Phill Tromans

VIDEO. The most exciting MINI in the world? XCAR

A MINI race car, built to a budget, but for the biggest grins possible. Want. The MINI hatchback, like most of its…

Road

Dec 21, 2014 Phill Tromans

MINI will show off the super-hot version of its latest hatchback at the Detroit Motor Show. A year after the release of…

Lifestyle

Nov 21, 2014 Phill Tromans

Scoot around the city on a MINI. MINI has often been accused of branching off too much from its original iconic design.…

Race

Oct 20, 2014 James Gent

Another Nürburgring lap record broken as MINI clocks the same time as a Pagani C12 S. And so it has come to…

Aug 18, 2014 James Gent

crankandpiston.com pits the brand new MINI Cooper S against a Honda-powered Sodi go-kart to find out just how accurate the ‘go-kart feeling’…

Aug 7, 2014 James Gent

Can the brand new MINI Cooper S ‘out go-kart’ a go-kart on-track? crankandpiston.com headed to the Dubai Kartdrome to find out When…

Road

Jun 9, 2014 crankandpiston

Does today’s MINI still evoke the essence of ‘Mini’? We have our doubts, especially with the Superleggera Vision concept and the brand…

Lifestyle

Jun 8, 2014 crankandpiston

We all love a bit of LEGO here at crankandpiston.com, and although some may say we’ve outgrown the bright plastic bricks, they're…

Race

Jun 3, 2014 Phil McGovern

Proof if it was ever needed that a Mini is a bonkers little machine on a race track. Keep it pinned, ignore…

Apr 20, 2014 James Gent

crankandpiston takes MINI’s ALL4 Racing Dakar Rally car for a spin with a two-time Dakar winner. I’m a little shell-shocked as I…

Apr 14, 2014 James Davison

Keeping it simple with Konan Lim and his 2012 Factory John Cooper Works MINI. It was late afternoon when I finally met…

Car Review

Mar 3, 2014 Mo Aljeda

What happens when you re-invent an icon? crankandpiston.com travels to Puerto Rico to find out by putting the brand new MINI Cooper…