2016 Mini Clubman's torque-vectoring AWD system designed to give 2wd efficiency

In the 1960s, the front-wheel drive Mini Cooper S famously won the Monte Carlo Rally, propelled by a 52 kW (70 hp) engine and clawing through snow and ice on tires that looked small enough for a wheelbarrow.

The latest Mini offering, the 2016 Cooper S Clubman ALL4 (with all-wheel drive) makes its world debut at the 2016 New York Auto Show. It has been developed to tackle such conditions in a great deal more comfort and security than the classic rally car- and with up to 141 kW (189 hp) from its turbocharged 2.0-L 4-cylinder engine, potentially do it more quickly.