The Mini Countryman Lands a Full Backflip in the Snow

Where in years past, pop culture rhetoric has referred to backyard stuntmen “Knievel”s of the

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Where in years past, pop culture rhetoric has referred to backyard stuntmen “Knievel”s of the world, French rally driver Guerlain Chicherit may be looking to insert his own namesake. One can’t imagine there were too many takes on this particular stunt for the daredevil, who has successfully performed a backflip in a snow-optimized Mini Cooper. Defying gravity, odds, and plain sensibilities all the same, Chicherit stares at his target coolly before launching full-throttle into one of the more unbelievable clips of recent memory. Please enjoy above, then reconsider the ‘x-treme’ factor of snow-drifting in your neighborhood.

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