Performance MINI December/January 2022

WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER/JANUARY 2022 ISSUE Time flies when you’re enjoying MINIs, and we are rapidly approaching the end of the year. I hope you enjoyed this year’s show season and managed to get out and about and show off your MINIs in good company. As I write this, TRAX Silverstone is a fond recent memory, and I wanted to say a huge thank-you to everyone who joined our three(!) displays – our main mag paddock, plus our 15th anniversary GP display and our 20th-anniversary MINI display. It was great to see such a huge variety of MINIs, from past and future feature cars to super-clean standard examples, and they all reflected their owners’ passion for the brand. Keep an eye out for our show report in the next issue!…

Time flies when you’re enjoying MINIs, and we are rapidly approaching the end of the year. I hope you enjoyed this year’s show season and managed to get out and about and show off your MINIs in good company. As I write this, TRAX Silverstone is a fond recent memory, and I wanted to say a huge thank-you to everyone who joined our three(!) displays – our main mag paddock, plus our 15th anniversary GP display and our 20th-anniversary MINI display. It was great to see such a huge variety of MINIs, from past and future feature cars to super-clean standard examples, and they all reflected their owners’ passion for the brand. Keep an eye out for our show report in the next issue! As the nights draw in and the…

Looking at this R56 Cooper S, with its flawless styling and next-level attention to detail, it all makes sense when you learn that its owner, Tom Brown, is a tattoo studio manager. It’s only natural that he’d be all about the aesthetics, and all about that absolute degree of perfection, and that’s reflected in his MINI build. Not only does it look awesome, but it’s also packed full of those little details that make all the difference, and this is one sweet build. It’s even got its own tattoos, sort of… Tom has been a big MINI fan for a long time now – he passed his test in an R50 16 years ago, but it was about seven years ago, when he saw his first R56 JCW, that the bug…

SCORPION EXHAUSTS R56/R57 COOPER S AND R58/R59 COUPE CAT-BACK EXHAUST From £568.52 Scorpion Exhausts’ latest exhaust system for the R56/R57 and R58/R59 features tailpipes so beautiful it’s almost a crime to get them dirty! The exhaust system is constructed from high-flowing 70mm stainless steel pipework, and you can select resonated or non-resonated cat-back systems. There are a choice of 90mm Daytona or Monaco tailpipes with either a polished or black ceramic finish, or the stunning 90mm Carbon Ascari tips (as pictured) and the tailpipe section is interchangeable for greater flexibility. For additional performance, there’s the choice of a high-flow catted downpipe or de-cat option, and you know they will release some extra horsepower given that Scorpion is a technical partner of the MINI Challenge race series. www.scorpion-exhausts.com DIAMONDBRITE CERAMIC SHAMPOO £11.95 New from UK detailing expert Diamondbrite, comes…

Have you ever seen a MINI at a gym? No, neither have we, what a ridiculous concept, right? And yet, looking at this Pepper white R56, that seems to be exactly what it’s been doing. That stance, the pumped-up arches, it looks like it’s been doing some seriously heavy lifting, and there’s more to this MINI than just those sculpted looks. It’s got the automotive muscle where it counts, and this is the complete performance package. That this MINI is so finely honed comes as no surprise when you discover that owner Geoff Clement is himself both a gym owner and personal trainer, so it’s no wonder his MINI is in such good shape. For Geoff, MINIs and Minis have always been in his peripheral vision, something he’s appreciated but never…

FEATURE R56 COOPER S KREME OF THE CROP LOOKING AS DELICIOUS AS THE DOUGHNUTS WHOSE NAME IT BEARS, THIS BOLD COOPER S BUILD IS ONE SERIOUSLY SWEET ATTENTIONGRABBING MINI Words ELIZABETH DE LATOUR Photos 24SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHY Looking at this R56 Cooper S, with its flawless styling and next-level attention to detail, it all makes sense when you learn that its owner, Tom Brown, is a tattoo studio manager. It’s only natural that he’d be all about the aesthetics, and all about that absolute degree of perfection, and that’s reflected in his MINI build. Not only does it look awesome, but it’s also packed full of those little details that make all the difference, and this is one sweet build. It’s even got its own tattoos, sort of… Tom has been…