MINI is to unveil its most powerful production car ever, the MINI GP (MINI Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP kit) at the British International Motor Show.

There will only be 444 GPs available in the UK and number 001 will be on display at ExCeL London in July.

The motor show will also see the UK debut of the MINI Concept that hints at a third MINI model which is confirmed for production at Oxford. The concept, unveiled at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show, celebrates Paddy Hopkirk’s famous 1964 Monte Carlo victory.