You Can Buy The Mini That Beat Everyone In Monte Carlo, Sort Of

1965 Victory Edition copies Timo Mäkinen's 1965 Monte Carlo livery and heritage trim but skips any rally hardware.

It is offered on Cooper S, John Cooper Works, and John Cooper Works Electric; the JCW Electric makes 258 hp.

US pricing for the two door JCW starts $46,220, with a global rollout from March 2026.

Mini is pulling Timo Mäkinen's 1965 Monte Carlo Rally win out of the history books and parking it back in showrooms. The 1965 Victory Edition wears Chili Red paint, a Glazed White roof stripe, and race number 52, the same look that carried Mäkinen and co driver Paul Easter to victory after Mini's 1964 win.

Globally the package is available on the Mini Cooper S, the Mini John Cooper Works, and the all electric Mini John Cooper Works Electric, so the same story plays across gas and battery power even if not every market gets all three. In the United States it comes as a John Cooper Works 3 Door special edition, priced above the standard JCW two door hatch.