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On March 8th, Goddess Day, a small video pushed by MINI official Weibo was accompanied by the slogan "Be a goddess, be a female car god", presenting the legendary story of MINI brand in the field of rally before our eyes.

What makes a car like MINI take the road of rally? Who contributed to this story? What kind of success did MINI achieve in the rally? Let's reveal the secret through four key figures.

Key person 1: Leonard? owner

"Get those bubble cars out of here!"

What no one may have thought of was,? The birth of MINI actually stems from a kind of "jealousy"-how did this happen? 1956, after World War II and Suez Canal crisis, Britain fell into a fuel crisis, and the foreign brand "bubble car" represented by BMW Isetta took advantage of the situation to occupy the main automobile market.

The proud British people are very dissatisfied with these foreign "invaders". BLMC (UK? Leland? Motor? Leonard, the boss of the company? Chairman Lord was determined to design a beautiful mini-car to drive them all away, and this important task was handed over to Alec? Ise Gonis.

Key person 2: Alec? IsGonis

Draw a mini on paper?

Alec Mr Gonis is, so to speak? The father of MINI, it is his unique design concept that created the birth of classic MINI. Want to ask how the creative process is? It's interesting to say. At first, Alec? While enjoying gin on the balcony of Cannes Hotel, Issigonis randomly drew a car on a piece of paper, which is the prototype of the original MINI!

What about Alec? Issigonis cooperated with a small design team of no more than six people and several engineers to turn the sketch on the napkin into a prototype.

1958, Leonard, Chairman of MLBC? Lord nodded and approved the MINI. 1959. On August 26th, the classic MINI was named Morris? Mini? Minor and Austin? Seven's name is finally offline. This kind of cheap car that meets the daily traffic needs is of course very popular with the people, but why has it become a legend in the field of rally? I have to mention another key figure here-John? Cooper.

Key person 3: John? cooper

Disagree? I bypassed you to find the big boss!

John,1a legend in racing in the 1960s? Cooper is not only a racing driver, but also a racing designer and engineer, and also the owner of the F 1 champion team. When the discerning John. When Cooper proposed to turn MINI into a racing car, Alec? Issigonis disagreed-in his concept, the MINI should be an economical and fuel-efficient civilian car. But what about John? Cooper didn't give up. He vowed to combine "MINI" and "Cooper" into a classic, so John? Cooper cunningly went straight to Leonard, the big boss of BLMC? Lord, and successfully persuaded him to get the MINI? Cooper's pass.

1962, a one-year-old MINI? Cooper won more than 153 games. John? Cooper strikes while the iron is hot and launches MINI one after another? Cooper. S (for special) and MINI? John? Cooper. Works and other racing models. Mini? Cooper and Minnie? Cooper. S teamed up in the large-scale rally in the 1960s and made numerous brilliant achievements, which was called the "golden decade" of MINI in the industry? :?

Monte Carlo Rally Women's Champion (1962)?

Tulip rally champion (1962)?

Coupe? Des? Dames rally champion (1963)?

Monte Carlo Rally Champion (1964)?

Monte Carlo Rally Champion (1965)?

Monte Carlo Rally Champion (1967)

Tips: At that time, it was equivalent to the Monte Carlo Rally in Dakar today, which was the most difficult and standard international rally. The fledgling MINI beat many large-displacement models between 1964- 1967, and won the brilliant three consecutive championships, which made the world stunned.

After reading the above results, someone will definitely ask, why not 1964, 1965, 1966? In fact, in the 1966 race, three drivers of BLMC team were driving 9 1 horsepower MINI? Cooper. S occupies the top three to complete the game. Later, because of the jealousy and protest of the French, MINI? Cooper. The halogen wire of S headlights was found to be not in conformity with the regulations of the French traffic department, which forced the jury to rule against the rules and cancelled the qualification and performance of BLMC team. This storm has also become a joke in the history of Monte Carlo Rally.

Key person 4: Peter Hans

Dakar won the championship for two consecutive years.

Don't think that MINI only shines in the rally field in early years. In fact, it was put into 2 1 century. In all the world-class top rally, MINI performed equally well, even dominating continuously. 20 1 1, MINI returned to WRC with the glory of the 1960s. After accumulating some valuable experience, MINI moved to Dakar in 20 12, which was more famous and more difficult, and miraculously won the championship that year.

Do you think this is over? Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, three consecutive championships can be called a "dynasty", but since winning the Dakar championship in 20 12, MINI has not let the champion fall behind in this most difficult rally for four consecutive years, and one of the legendary drivers, Peterhansel, has won the championship twice by himself.

Mini for the competition? ALL4? The racing car also changed the cute and cute shape of MINI, and fully proved its excellent product strength in the extremely cruel "car-destroying" Dakar competition. As driver Peterhansel said after the race, in addition to experienced pilot partners, the reliability of mini-cars also played an important role in winning the championship. In the Dakar race of 20 12, all five MINI of the team? ALL4? The cars have all entered the top ten, which has to be said to be a miracle, and the aura of MINI brand rally has reappeared.

In fact, there are many stories about the brand MINI, and the legend of rally is definitely a wonderful part of the story. Whether it's the changes experienced by BLMC, the feat of the first female driver to break the world record, or the four consecutive championships in Dakar, these histories constitute a microcosm of MINI, which is always unique and never afraid of challenges.

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