MINI announced today that it will make its comeback in the international rally circuit. Starting 2011, the brand will take the start at selected rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) while in 2012 will go on to contest the entire season.
The car chosen for this job is the MINI Countryman WRC, developed by Prodrive in close cooperation with MINI. It is powered by a 1.6-litre, four-cylinder turbo-charged engine from BMW Motorsport and complies with the new Super2000 regulations put in place by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), which stipulate the use of “turbo engines with 1,600 cc displacement and four-wheel drive combined with an increased emphasis on road relevant technologies”.
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