MINI · 2016–present
Mini John Cooper Works Rally
The Mini John Cooper Works Rally is an off-road competition car based on the Mini Countryman, which is built and used by the German racing team X-Raid around team manager Sven Quandt. The John Cooper Works Rally was first used in the 2017 Dakar Rally.
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Predecessor: Mini All4 Racing · Successor: Mini John Cooper Works Buggy
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Competition history
In its first outing, the 2017 Dakar Rally, the X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Rally Team started with the following driver pairings: Mikko Hirvonen/Michel Perin – red MINI John Cooper Works Rally Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo Gottschalk – green MINI John Cooper Works Rally Orlando Terranova/Andreas Schulz – silver MINI John Cooper Works Rally In 2018, Al-Rajhi and Gottschalk won the Silk Way Rally in the passenger car class with a John Cooper Works Rally. the same pair also won the Rally Kazakhstan in the same year.
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Specifications
- name
- Mini John Cooper Works Rally
- Manufacturer
- BMW (Mini)
- Production
- 2016–2018
- Predecessor
- Mini All4 Racing
- Successor
- Mini John Cooper Works Buggy
- Class
- Rally raid
- Body style
- 3-door SUV
- Layout
- F4 Layout
- Engine
- 3.0 L B57 I6 turbo (diesel)
- Transmission
- 6-speed dual-clutch
- Wheelbase
- 2900 mm
- Length
- 4332 mm
- Width
- 1999 mm
- Height
- 2000 mm
- Kerb weight
- 1952.5 kg
- sp
- uk
Specification summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Measured facts from Wikidata (CC0). Check the linked sources for citations.
Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31836809CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_John_Cooper_Works_RallyCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1363406277 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.