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 AUTUMN 2022 ISSUE

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING • THIS INCREDIBLE R56 IS THE MOST POWERFUL CAR WE’VE EVER FEATURED, AND IT’S AN ABSOLUTE BEAST OF A MACHINE

NEWS

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

CHOP SHOP • THIS ROOF-CHOPPED, TURBOCHARGED R53 IS AN INCREDIBLE BUILD THAT TAKES MODERN MINI MODDING TO THE NEXT LEVEL…

R53 COOPER S • THIS YEAR IS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL FAST NEW MINI, THE R53 COOPER S AND PRICES ARE ON THE UP. WE TELL YOU HOW TO BUY THE BEST

YELLOW FEVER • INITIALLY BOUGHT FOR SELLING ON, THIS BRIGHT R53 INFECTED ITS OWNER AND BECAME A TOTAL OBSESSION

PERFORMANCE MINI • RICHARD EVERITT’S ROOF–CHOPPED R53 COOPER S

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

YORKSHIRE MINI OWNERS (YMO)

MERSEY MINI CLUB (MMC)

MIDNIGHT CLUB • WITH UNIQUE STYLING AND A JAPANESE INFLUENCE, THIS INKY-BLACK CLUBMAN IS FLYING UNDER THE RADAR AND OUT FOR A GOOD TIME

JCW NATIONAL DAY 2022 • AFTER 2021’S INAUGURAL EVENT, THE JCW NATIONAL DAY RETURNED FOR 2022, AND IT WAS EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER THAN BEFORE

BOLT FROM THE BLUE • DAN NEWMAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MINI FAN – HE EVEN WORKS FOR THE COMPANY! SO THIS ELECTRIC BLUE R53 WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR A LOCKDOWN PROJECT

CHEMICAL FIXES • WE ASK THE EXPERTS AT LIQUI MOLY HOW THEIR PRODUCTS FOR FIXING LEAKS, OIL CONSUMPTION, HIGH EXHAUST EMISSIONS AND NOISY TAPPETS WORK AND WHETHER SUCH ADDITIVES ARE MERELY MAGIC POTIONS

BEN’S R53 COOPER S • SSR HAS FINISHED THE R53’S ROLL-CAGE, AND BEN IS OVER THE MOON WITH IT

MARTYN’S R50 COOPER • MARTYN ROUNDS OFF THE LONG CORONATION WEEKEND WITH A WET VISIT TO THE MINI AND METRO SHOW

TODD’S R53 RALLYCROSS CAR • TODD AND THE TEAM HEADED TO BLYTON PARK WITH HIGH HOPES, BUT RACING IS UNPREDICTABLE…

MARTYN’S R53 JCW GP • MARTYN’S FIRST 2022 TRIP IN HIS GP IS TO BICESTER FOR SUNDAY SCRAMBLE

#PRINTMYMINI • SEE YOUR VERY OWN PERFORMANCE MINI PRINTED IN ALL ITS GLORY!