Performance MINI

Performance MINI is the UK’s only modern MINI tuning magazine! In addition to the latest and greatest feature cars, up-to-date show reports, and all the latest news and reviews from the new MINI scene, Performance MINI also offers detailed advice on buying, owning, and tuning a MINI. Whether it’s step-by-step fitting instructions, product reviews, comprehensive tuning guides, buying advice, regular maintenance tips, or showing readers the best upgrades to make for their budget, Performance MINI will bring the very best knowledge.

PERFORMANCE MINI

WELCOME • TO THE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2022 ISSUE

A PACE ODYSSEY • YOU MIGHT NOT SEE MANY MODDED PACEMANS ABOUT, BUT THIS ONE MAKES UP FOR THAT IN A BIG WAY, AND ITS TRANSFORMATION HAS BEEN ONE HELL OF A JOURNEY…

NEWS

NEW GEAR • CHECK OUT THE LATEST TUNING PRODUCTS FOR YOUR MINI…

BOOST JUNKIE • WITH OVER 300HP ON TAP, THIS TURBO-SWAPPED R53 COOPER S IS ONE FULL-ON MONSTER MINI

SUPERMINI UK LTD • WE CATCH UP WITH MAT CLARKE, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF SUPERMINI UK LTD, THE NOTTINGHAM-BASED USED MINI DEALER, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY (AND MALCOLM THE DOG)

AN ABSOLUTE GEM • LIKE ITS PRECIOUS STONE NAMESAKE, THIS LAPIS BLUE JCW IS RARE AND OH SO PRETTY

THE BEST OF 2021 • THE PAST YEAR HAS SEEN SOME AWESOME FEATURE CARS SHOWCASED ON THESE PAGES, SO WE’VE PICKED OUT A SELECTION OF HIGHLIGHTS, FROM THE MOST POWERFUL MINIS AND MOST DAZZLING WHEELS TO THE SEXIEST ENGINE BAYS

TRAX SILVERSTONE 2021 • AFTER A YEAR OFF, TRAX SILVERSTONE WAS BACK FOR 2021, AND IT MADE UP FOR THAT 12-MONTH BREAK IN A BIG WAY…

IN THE CLUB! • LOOKING FOR A MINI CLUB IN YOUR AREA? TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DIRECTORY FOR ENTHUSIAST GROUPS NEAR YOU…

PERFORMANCE MINI • THE UK’S ONLY MODERN MINI TUNING MAGAZINE

TRACK GUIDE WET-WEATHER DRIVING • HAVING GUIDED YOU AROUND THE UK’S CIRCUITS, ALEX NEVILL NOW SETS ABOUT TEACHING YOU THE FINER POINTS OF CAR CONTROL ON TRACK IN OUR NEW SERIES

ROTA DAMASCUS • SEEKING A PROJECT TO BUILD WITH HIS DAUGHTER, PAUL MCLOUGHLIN HAD AN EPIPHANY AS HE SAT LOOKING AT THE CLASSIC MINI ON THE DRIVEWAY…

MINI FESTIVAL BRANDS HATCH • WITH 100s OF MINIS ON DISPLAY, THE BRANDS HATCH MINI FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND BEST GATHERINGS OF THE YEAR

HOT STUFF • RIDING ON AIR, SITTING ON DEEP-DISH WHEELS AND DECKED OUT IN A WHOLE HOST OF STRIKING STYLING ADDITIONS, THIS COOPER IS ONE COUPLE’S IDEA OF CHILI RED PERFECTION

R50 MINI • NOW CONSIDERED A MODERN CLASSIC, THE FIRST-GENERATION ONE AND COOPER STILL LOOK GREAT, ARE WELL MADE, FUN TO DRIVE, HAVE MODERN SAFETY FEATURES AND WILL NEVER BE CHEAPER

MINIRUNUK REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY RUN

TODD’S R53 RALLYCROSS CAR • AFTER A ROUGH 2021 ON TRACK, THE TEAM MAKES PLANS FOR 2022 TO COME BACK STRONGER

MARTYN’S R53 JCW GP • MARTYN SEARCHES OUT OLD TWISTIES WITH A DECENT LAST DRIVE OF THE YEAR IN THE GP

NEIL’S R56 COOPER S • WITH ALL HIS NEW SUSPENSION FITTED, NEIL’S MINI GOES IN FOR ALIGNMENT AND CORNER WEIGHTING

ALEX’S R50 COOPER RACE CAR • ALEX IS OFFERED THE CHANCE TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF AN F56 JCW CHALLENGE CAR

MARTYN’S R50 COOPER • MARTYN’S ENJOYING AUTUMN DRIVES IN THE COOPER AND PLANNING REPAIRS FOR 2022!

BEN’S R53 COOPER S • WITH A GOAL OF LOSING 100KG, THE R53 GOES ON A DIET WITH THE HELP OF LIGHTWEIGHT PANELS AND WINDOWS

NEXT ISSUE • *Contents subject to us not partying too hard on New Year’s Eve…