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Hit the jump for the brief press release. Munich. The new MINI Countryman World Rally Car has successfully completed its shakedown phase at Prodrive's private proving ground in Warwickshire.

Make no mistake: Mini is the force to be reckoned ... the famously grueling trans-continental rally, making it four in a row for BMW's premium small-car brand.

We were very lucky – the car was right, everything happened at the right time and came together at the right moment.’ The Mini’s advantages weren’t developed for the rally stage however.

One of Audi's multi-million dollar RS Q etron Dakar rally cars has been found abandoned in an ... [+] illegal rubbish dump in Czechia, sparking an environmental storm at the German automaker.