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 JUNE - JULY 2021 ISSUE

NEWS

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

WHAT’S ON? • SEE WHAT FANTASTIC MINI SHOWS AND EVENTS ARE COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

AN ICON IS REBORN • THE FIRST NEW MINI MAY HAVE GONE ON SALE IN 2001, BUT THE STORY GOES BACK WAY FURTHER THAN THAT…

ONE TO WATCH • DESPITE ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS AN ENTRY-LEVEL MINI ONE, ELLEN WILLMOTT’S FIRST-GENERATION HATCH HAS EVOLVED INTO A SUPERCHARGED SHOW-STOPPER

THE FIRST MODERN MINI • THE FIRST-GENERATION NEW MINI ARRIVED IN A FANFARE OF MARKETING FUSS, WAS MET WITH MASSES OF EXCITEMENT AND DISDAIN, AND ULTIMATELY WENT ON TO FORM THE BASIS FOR THE ENTIRE MODERN MINI BRAND

THE PORSCHE OR THE MINI? • THE DECISION IS LESS OF A DILEMMA THAN YOU’D EXPECT IF YOUR MINI IS A TUNED R53

TIMELINE: THE FIRST NEW MINIS • HIGHLIGHTS FROM 1993 TO 2007

HYPER ACTIVE • AARON PIDGEON LIKED THE WAY HIS GIRLFRIEND’S COOPER DROVE – BUT HE WANTED MORE POWER. THE RESULTING COOPER S IS NO FLIGHT OF FANCY

THE SECOND COMING • AFTER FIVE YEARS OF PRODUCTION, THE FIRST-GENERATION OF THE NEW MINI NEEDED A REVAMP, SO BMW SIMPLY REPEATED THE WINNING RECIPE TO CREATE THE SLIGHTLY BIGGER, BETTER-EQUIPPED, AND MORE REFINED SECOND-GENERATION...

VICE AND VIRTUE • IT’S A LITTLE BIT NAUGHTY AND REALLY RATHER NICE; ANDY HOLMES’S JCW PROVES AN EVEN BLEND OF YIN AND YANG IS THE PERFECT FORMULA

TIMELINE: SECOND GENERATION MINIS • HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2006 TO 2013

WE WERE THERE WHEN… • THIS YEAR SEES PERFORMANCE MINI, FORMALLY MODERN MINI, CELEBRATE ITS 15TH BIRTHDAY. WE’VE BEEN AROUND ALMOST AS LONG AS OUR BELOVED MINI ITSELF, SO WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF ACTION OVER THE PAST 111 ISSUES. HERE ARE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE HIGHLIGHTS…

15 YEARS OF modern MINI & PERFORMANCE MINI • THE UK’S ONLY MODERN MINI TUNING MAGAZINE

THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS • THE MINI SHAKES OFF THE CLASSIC SHACKLES TO BECOME A THOROUGHLY MODERN MACHINE, INCLUDING PROVIDING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE ELECTRIC REVOLUTION

MEGAN MARVEL • LOOKING LIKE THE TRANSPORT OF A SINISTER AND SHADOWY ANTI-HERO, MEGAN TOMBS’S F56 IS ACTUALLY A FUN-FILLED LITTLE SCAMP

TIMELINE: THIRD GENERATION MINIS • HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2013 TO PRESENT

LIVING WITH THE MINI GP3 • NOT EVEN SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES AND YET ANOTHER LOCKDOWN COULD STOP MARTYN SPENDING MORE TIME DRIVING THE NEW MINI GP3

PLUGGING IN TO THE FUTURE • THE FUTURE OF MOTORING IS UNDOUBTEDLY GOING TO INVOLVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BUT DOES THAT MEAN THE END OF HAVING FUN BEHIND THE WHEEL? AND WILL THE MINI CONTINUE TO GROW EVER LARGER, OR RETURN TO ITS SMALL CAR ROOTS?

OUR FAVOURITE FEATURE CARS • OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS WE’VE FEATURED SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE MINIS IN THE MAG. THEY’VE ALL BEEN BRILLIANT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, BUT TO CELEBRATE OUR 15TH BIRTHDAY, HERE ARE 15 OF OUR FAVOURITES FROM THE LAST 15 YEARS…

GET FEATURED! • THINK YOUR CAR IS WORTHY OF A FEATURE IN PERFORMANCE MINI?

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

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

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