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.
WELCOME • TO THE JUNE/JULY 2022 ISSUE
Performance MINI
ROLLING THUNDER • DEVON HOSKEN’S FEROCIOUS F56 JCW TICKS ALL THE BOXES FROM HIS EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ‘WANTS’ FOR HIS ULTIMATE MINI
NEWS
NEW GEAR • CHECK OUT THE LATEST PRODUCTS FOR YOUR MINI…
FIGHT CLUB • WHAT WAS ONCE A FAMILY-FRIENDLY MINI ESTATE HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A HARDCORE PERFORMANCE BUILD WITH ATTITUDE TO SPARE, AND THIS R55 CLUBMAN LAUREL SPORT EDITION IS A SERIOUSLY SPECIAL MACHINE
R55 CLUBMAN • NEED MORE PRACTICALITY WITH RETRO LOOKS BUT WITH THE SAME GREAT MINI DRIVE? WELL, WHAT YOU NEED IS A CLUBMAN ESTATE
MEAN MACHINE • WE TALK ABOUT MEAN-LOOKING CARS, BUT THIS REALLY IS A MEAN-LOOKING CAR… JAMES CABORN’S R56 LOOKS LIKE IT’S READY TO PICK A FIGHT WITH EVERY CAR IT SEES, AND IT’S GOT PLENTY OF MUSCLE TO BACK UP THAT ATTITUDE
PULL-OUT POSTER
SCENE SHIFTER • BLENDING INFLUENCES FROM THE TRACK AND STANCE SCENES, THIS R53 CUTS A FRESH NEW LOOK
IN THE CLUB! • LOOKING FOR A MINI CLUB IN YOUR AREA? TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DIRECTORY FOR ENTHUSIAST GROUPS NEAR YOU…
NIMM (NORTHERN IRISH MINI MEETS & RUNS)
PLANE CRAZY • AS DARREN WEBB HAS DISCOVERED WITH THIS MANIC R56 PROJECT, TRYING SOMETHING UNEXPECTED AND FOLLOWING YOUR GUT CAN REALLY GIVE YOU WINGS
WEIGHT TRANSFER • IN OUR FINAL TRACK TRAINING SESSION WITH ALEX, HE TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WEIGHT TRANSFER, EXPLAINING HOW IT WORKS AND HOW YOU CAN USE IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
GET FEATURED! • DO YOU HAVE AN AWESOME MINI BUILD? WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT!
BEN’S R53 COOPER S • THE DIET CONTINUES FOR BEN’S MINI, WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT LITHIUM BATTERY AMONG THE WEIGHT-SAVING MODS
NEIL’S R56 COOPER S • WITH THE END NEARLY IN SIGHT, NEIL TACKLES THE FINAL FEW FIDDLY JOBS ON HIS TO-DO LIST
TODD’S R53 RALLYCROSS CAR • THE NEW SEASON GETS UNDERWAY, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF THRILLS AND SPILLS FOR TODD AND HIS R53
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