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The drivers of the Global RallyCross championship headed to Charlotte this past weekend for the second to last race of the 2013 season and in a day packed full of crashes and red flags – Scott Speed took his second win of the season while Toomas Topi Heikkinen official wrapped up the 2013 GRC Driver’s Championship.

The 2013 Global RallyCross schedule makes its second to last stop of the season this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s dirt track facility – with 15 of the best rallycross racers in the world lining up to do battle including some new(ish) faces and some old faces in new cars.

The racers of Global RallyCross take to the track of the X Games Los Angeles this weekend and winning the final X Games GRC gold of 2013 won’t be easy as the shootout in the City of Angels will feature the biggest field of the 2013 season.

The new MINI design is released as a series of photos taken from a 3D hologram MINI is using in its development process. Many good changes, some controversial design elements remain.

The Global RallyCross racers took to Bristol Motor Speedway this past weekend and Toomas “Topi” Heikkinen did what no GRC driver has ever done – winning his 3rd consecutive race in dominating fashion while also taking a massive lead in the run for the 2013 Global RallyCross Championship.

Subaru Impreza owners and the Subaru brand in general have the safest drivers according to an independent research group in the UK.

The fifth race of the 2013 Global RallyCross season will take place this Saturday in Bristol Tennessee and after missing the New Hampshire race last week, series front runner Liam Doran will make his America rally debut in the Mini race car that did so well in Munich.

MINI owners throughout the nation are invited to Mackinaw City, Michigan to form the longest parade of MINIs ever to cross the world renowned 5-mile long Mackinac Bridge that spans the straights connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

Watch exciting Rally Cross action as #11 2013 Subaru WRX STI gets on two wheels at the Ford RallyCross final race at X Games in Munich.

Sunday brought us the second leg of the Global RallyCross double header from Munich Germany and after claiming the bronze medal on Saturday’s make-up race, Topi Heikkinen took the win on Sunday with Liam Doran finishing second and Tanner Foust finished third.

This past weekend brought about the first double header event for the Global RallyCross series as the drivers headed to Munich Germany for the third leg of the XGames series this year – with Liam Doran taking the top spot on Saturday in his brand new Mini GRC car.

MINI is celebrating fifty years and is having a party at its own Hatch Race Track for the MINI Cooper S, first presented in 1963.

MINI has increased their in-car services to include a streaming service from Deezer as part of MINI Connected.

The unique, iridescent MINI was showcased this weekend and auctioned off for a princely sum, with all proceeds going to benefit AIDS research.

Mini and Jeep models are generating the most complaints by owners of any brand on the market; despite the fact all cars are built a lot better than they were 20 years ago.

British racer Liam Doran is well known for his black Monster Energy sponsored Citroen race cars but after a Global RallyCross season opener in Brazil where Doran crashed during both his heat race and the last chance qualifier – Doran has announced that he will spend the rest of the 2013 GRC schedule behind the wheel of a new MINI rallycross car.

Guerlain Chicherit delights snowboarders as he nails the first-ever successful backflip in a 2013 MINI John Cooper Works on a ski jump in France.

MINI started out as a supplier of fun, quirky, but not very practical cars. Now that they have hooked us all, they are starting to offer more and more practical, and all-weather vehicles.

At the NAIAS in Detoit MINI introduced the Paceman John Cooper works edition. At the Geneva Show it will bring out the Clubman Bond Street. Here is what makes them special.

There will be ten MINI John Cooper Works GP for each US state, so if you haven’t ordered one yet hurry.

Seeing the new Guinness World Record being set by these participants using not only a classic Mini, but also a new 2012 Mini will give you new respect for clowns.

Mini has decided not to support a factory team in the WRC in 2013

MINI has introduced the 2013 John Cooper Works Countryman ALL4 that combines road racing passion with extreme terrain driving fun.

German carmaker BMW will invest $388 million over the next three years to boost capacity at the British plants where Minis are built, boosting their total group investments to $2.7 billion since 2000.

In the 1960’s the Mini Cooper was an immense source of British Pride and so it is only fitting that nine of the 2012 Mini London Limited Edition cars built should play a tribute to the British Olympic Team.

When MINI set the world record for the tightest parallel parking, they made it look easy, but this must-see video shows just how much work it took to pull it off.

BMW is rolling out and updated version of the MINI Rocketman Concept for the world to see at the 2012 Olympic games in London.

MINI has produced a short video clip called 'Britalian Job' that pays tribute to the famous Italian Job movie and honors the British 2012 Olympic athletes.

The Guinness World Record for Tightest Parallel Parking was broken last week in China, when a MINI managed to squeeze between two MINIs with only 15 cm to spare.

The entire MINI John Cooper Works lineup will get a new-generation engine that will increase efficiency.