MINI's Oxford plant is the fourth BMW site where new cars drive themselves off the line, guided by sensors in the building rather than in the car. Spartanburg follows.
Killman and Ferrer finished third of four in X-Cross and won rookie honors, 262 points behind Subaru's modified Forester Hybrid.
A bone-stock Passport, a title-defending Forester on 30-inch tires, and a MINI that isn't on sale yet will all chase the same X-Cross class across 1,500 miles of desert.
The $43,900 Countryman S ALL4 Untamed Edition arrives in the U.S. with a lift, all-terrain tires and a 3,500-pound hitch as standard — hardware Europe rations.
California is done. MINI's 20th-anniversary owner rally heads to New York on October 23 and Florida in November, at $150 per person for each weekend.
Drop 06 of MINI USA's Icon Drops bolts JCW suspension, brakes, and aero onto a base Cooper C — $4,075 above a Cooper S and only $2,025 short of the full JCW 2 Door.