Mini Magazine

Mini Magazine: the perfect magazine for anyone who wants to get the best out of their classic Mini. Rammed with technical features, advice, inspirational feature cars and plenty of reader involvement. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies

WELCOME

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READY PLAYER ONE • Enter coin. Press start. With his fast-road 1380, Steve Taro’s ready to take the world on as he shoots for that elusive high score

FUNDRAISING WITH FLAIR • Cars-and-coffee with purpose as classics meet for St Catherine's Hospice

RACING LINES RUPERT DEETH

KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SHOW SCENE

MULLING IT OVER

MINIS TO THE ALPS - MCR’S 2022 TRIP

Your Minis

Arc Angel • There’s no such thing as ‘terminally rusty’ when Dave Fairbrother’s on the case. This Mini’s guardian angel is flying through the weld-a-thon

THE EIGHTH WONDER • After a lengthy period in the shadows, Dane Hynam’s first car has been reborn as something wonderful for a new generation

BICESTER SCRAMBLE

APPETITE FOR DISRUPTION • Kieran Abadie had always dreamed of building a really quick Mini – and with this 8-port 1380 screamer, he’s made a properly naughty road-racer

SHORT CIRCUIT • Anton Trivett’s track Mini is wired a little differently: unexpected engine, surprising performance, it creates a buzz wherever it goes

CREATION RECORDS • A record-breaker in its day, Paddy Hopkirk’s Monte Mini is the stuff of legend. And this faithful 1990s recreation carries the magic across the generations

HOW TO: PREVENT TURBO FAILURE • We take a closer look at what could be killing your turbo, and what steps you can take to prevent it

Mini TECH • The essentials for keeping your Mini on the road.

Products

Itch scratched • Impromptu autumn adventures as Tim delves into the details

seven-year itch • Jeff’s Innocenti is finally back on the road for the first time since 2015

REWIND • This month’s Mini Magazine archive trawl takes us back to October 1997

EVERYDAY HEDONISM • A Hayabusa-engined Mini sounds like a lunatic fantasy – but this Z Car has actually been built to be both usable and reliable

MINI HOT ROD • 1997’s ludicrously expensive one-off was a tuner-flavoured 160bhp headbanger

Ticket to Ride • Rebuilt from a bare shell with countless new parts, this 224bhp R53 is now being raffled off to raise funds for the Air Ambulance Service

Geeked Out • A penchant for the unusual has led this owner to create a unique MINI brimming with personality

R56 Cooper S Buying & Tuning Guide • Want a fast MINI that’s still affordable, with better build quality, plus a powerful and more tuneable engine? The R56 Cooper S could be the answer

Plane Crazy • As Darren Webb has discovered with this manic R56 project, trying something unexpected can really give you wings