The Mini John Cooper Works Buggy Is The Retro-Cool Entry To The 2018 Dakar Rally

While Mini has been doing pretty well with its John Cooper Works Rally entries to past Dakar events, with the help of its partner X-raid the firm is bringing another fun-looking toy to the 2018 party
The Mini John Cooper Works Buggy Is The Retro-Cool Entry To The 2018 Dakar Rally

Mini is adding some extra interest to this year’s Dakar Rally with a two-pronged assault using all-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive.

Alongside the John Cooper Works Rally, a conventional all-wheel drive rally monster, Mini and its Dakar Rally racing partner, X-raid, is throwing the John Cooper Works Buggy into the mix.

The Mini John Cooper Works Buggy Is The Retro-Cool Entry To The 2018 Dakar Rally

This rear-wheel drive joy machine should be an absolute blast to drive. It’s powered by a 3.0-litre straight-six diesel with 335bhp and 590lb ft, “newly conceived” but based heavily on a BMW unit. The same engine sits inside the JCW Rally.

The Buggy, though, is by far the cooler racer. The body is made of carbonfibre-reinforced plastic, while kevlar is stretched over the tubular steel frame.

The Mini John Cooper Works Buggy Is The Retro-Cool Entry To The 2018 Dakar Rally

Apparently, during testing, the Buggy didn’t have to stop once for a mechanical failure or breakdown. That should be a cast-iron guarantee that something important will break on stage one of the actual rally…

Three of them will race alongside four JCW Rally cars when the event starts on 6 January in Lima, Peru. This event is the 40th annual running of the race, dubbed the toughest of its kind in the world.

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Comments

Anonymous

Yep, I definitely see the resemblance.

11/22/2017 - 12:08 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I think they were going for more of this look

11/24/2017 - 09:57 |
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Anonymous

WHAT IS THIS

11/22/2017 - 12:10 |
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Zubayer Rezoan

Random Related meme appears . . . .

11/22/2017 - 12:16 |
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Nice one. 😂

11/22/2017 - 16:12 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

MattKimberley The two last paragraphs are repeated

11/22/2017 - 12:27 |
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I was about to comment about that!

11/22/2017 - 22:20 |
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Just SniperBadBoy

My reaction when I sawn it

11/22/2017 - 12:32 |
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When they say its just a car

11/23/2017 - 23:29 |
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Anonymous

It looks like a right laugh and I want one.

11/22/2017 - 13:15 |
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TheRealBouss

I know that’s not the point of the vehicle, but it doesn’t look like a Mini Cooper at all

11/22/2017 - 13:38 |
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It’s so pointless to try making them similar… Don’t know why companies do this. We all know they’re not the same car.

11/22/2017 - 19:40 |
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redflamexfire(R32 squad)

They should make a road legal version.

11/22/2017 - 15:29 |
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Dprac1ng

They should have made it resemble the original Moke. That would be cool.

11/22/2017 - 16:11 |
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Jeremias

I wonder why they choose to go with diesel power instead of petrol.

11/22/2017 - 19:51 |
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Víctor Alcaide

In reply to by Jeremias

Because they have more torque and more fuel efficiency. If you think about it, that’s very useful in the Dakar Rally :)

11/22/2017 - 20:57 |
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that thing screams 3008 DKR copycat all the way… witch also uses a 3 litter diesel RWD setup…

11/28/2017 - 00:07 |
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