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Head of MINI Design on His First Two Years at the Helm & What Comes NextTwo years into the job, MINI's head of design sa...
26/10/2026

Head of MINI Design on His First Two Years at the Helm & What Comes Next

Two years into the job, MINI's head of design says the most important work his team has done is not a concept car. It is getting the cars MINI already sells noticed. Holger Hampf took stock of his tenure at the end of our Lake Tahoe roundtable, and what he said was less about the next big reveal than about making the current range count, and about the reveals he is not ready to talk about....

Head of MINI design explains why activating the current range matters most, what surprised him, and what he still won't say.

The Future of the MINI Cooper Manual: What Ferrari’s 12Cilindri Manuale Just ProvedFerrari’s new manual is not a manual,...
24/10/2026

The Future of the MINI Cooper Manual: What Ferrari’s 12Cilindri Manuale Just Proved

Ferrari’s new manual is not a manual, and the journalists who have now driven it have largely stopped caring. The 12Cilindri Manuale puts a clutch pedal and an open metal gate back in a V12 Ferrari, yet underneath sits the same eight-speed dual-clutch found in every other 12Cilindri. For anyone who has spent two years mourning the MINI Cooper manual, that is the most interesting transmission story of 2026....

Ferrari’s 12Cilindri Manuale simulates a manual so well reviewers rave. Here is why that tech could fix the MINI Cooper manual problem.

MINI Countryman Untamed at the Rebelle Rally: The Journey in PhotosThe MINI Countryman Untamed Edition had been public f...
22/10/2026

MINI Countryman Untamed at the Rebelle Rally: The Journey in Photos

The MINI Countryman Untamed Edition had been public for two days when it rolled off the line at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and it finished its first Rebelle Rally in a Glamis whiteout, third in X-Cross, with Rookies of the Year honours and the Challenge Accepted Award, the one voted on by fellow competitors and event staff. The standings record the result....

A photo diary of MINI’s first Rebelle Rally: the MINI Countryman Untamed through eight stages, a whiteout finish, third in X-Cross.

Inside the Off-Road MINI: Countryman Untamed Prototype DriveWe got behind the wheel of a late validation prototype of th...
21/10/2026

Inside the Off-Road MINI: Countryman Untamed Prototype Drive

We got behind the wheel of a late validation prototype of the MINI Countryman Untamed, and it’s a drive with a different purpose than our earlier pre-production drive. That car showed us what MINI intends to build. This one, a step earlier in the development chain, showed us how the car behaves while the engineering is still being proven, and it gave us far more seat time to judge it properly....

We went inside the build of the MINI Countryman Untamed prototype, then drove it on and off the road. Here is how it actually feels.

MINI Rebelle Rally Results: Countryman Untamed Edition Finishes Third as Top RookieThe MINI Countryman Untamed Edition w...
19/10/2026

MINI Rebelle Rally Results: Countryman Untamed Edition Finishes Third as Top Rookie

The MINI Countryman Untamed Edition was revealed on a Tuesday, handed to a rookie crew who had only recently met in person, and sent into eight stages and more than 2,500 kilometres of Nevada, Utah and California with no GPS. Ten days later, Felicia Killman and Erika Ferrer Lozano rolled into the Imperial Sand Dunes third in X-Cross on 1,149 points and as the class's top rookie team, after a final-day windstorm turned the Glamis dunes into a whiteout....

MINI Rebelle Rally results are in: the Countryman Untamed Edition took third in X-Cross as top rookie team.

MINI Countryman Untamed Edition Currently 3rd at the Rebelle RallyMINI USA has taken the new 2027 MINI Countryman Untame...
15/10/2026

MINI Countryman Untamed Edition Currently 3rd at the Rebelle Rally

MINI USA has taken the new 2027 MINI Countryman Untamed Edition from reveal to the desert in a matter of days, and it is doing the work close to showroom spec. Team #206, running as the in the brand's first Rebelle Rally, sits third in the four-team X-Cross class on 463 points after Day 4, having regained that position on a stage that included storms and water crossings....

MINI USA has taken the new 2027 MINI Countryman Untamed Edition from reveal to the desert in a matter of days, and it is doing the work close to showroom spec. Team...

MINI Global Sales 2026: Up Almost 7% for the YearMINI sales are up for the year but saw a slight decline in Q3. The bran...
15/10/2026

MINI Global Sales 2026: Up Almost 7% for the Year

MINI sales are up for the year but saw a slight decline in Q3. The brand delivered 220,247 vehicles worldwide in the first nine months of 2026, up 6.8%, which makes it the only one of BMW Group’s four brands still growing this year. The catch sits inside the quarter: Q3 deliveries came in at 70,712, down 2.4%....

MINI delivered 220,247 vehicles worldwide through September 2026, up 6.8%. Q3 slipped 2.4% and MINI USA fell 10.2%.

Holger Hampf on How MINI’s Collaborations Work and What Brand Might be NextMINI has been partnering with brands for year...
14/10/2026

Holger Hampf on How MINI’s Collaborations Work and What Brand Might be Next

MINI has been partnering with brands for years. But how those brands are chosen and how the partnership shows up in special editions and other products has been a bit of a mystery. Recently we had a chance to sit down with Head of MINI Design Holger Hampf and discuss these collaborations and reflect on what's recently been released and what might be coming....

MINI's head of design Holger Hampf on collaboration partners, why too many special editions is a risk, and what MINI is protecting.

MINI USA Sales Q3 2026: The Convertible Closes In on the Hardtop 2 DoorMINI USA closed the third quarter of 2026 with 6,...
13/10/2026

MINI USA Sales Q3 2026: The Convertible Closes In on the Hardtop 2 Door

MINI USA closed the third quarter of 2026 with 6,531 sales, down 10.2% from 7,270 a year ago. Buried in that number is the most surprising result of the year: the Cooper Convertible sold 1,359 cars, up 29.8%, and sits just 134 sales behind the Cooper Hardtop 2 Door year to date. It has also overtaken the Cooper Hardtop 4 Door....

MINI USA sold 6,531 cars in Q3 2026, down 10.2%. The Cooper Convertible is now 134 sales behind the Hardtop 2 Door year to date.

Holger Hampf on Why the Countryman Untamed Is the Right Amount of Off-RoadMINI's head of design never intended for the n...
12/10/2026

Holger Hampf on Why the Countryman Untamed Is the Right Amount of Off-Road

MINI's head of design never intended for the new Countryman Untamed Edition to be compared to SUVs like the Ford Bronco or a Jeep Wrangler. Last week at a roundtable at Lake Tahoe, Holger Hampf spent almost an hour explaining what the Untamed is, what it deliberately is not, and why MINI treats "adventure" as the next pillar of the brand alongside John Cooper Works....

MINI design chief Holger Hampf answers questions on the Countryman Untamed Edition and why it’s not an extreme off-roader

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