JCW GP Video Footage

David B Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

I want one! :)

Any idea where this was filmed?

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Bartmack Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Actually, those wheels don’t look half bad at 50mph.. lol

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MrV Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Gotta say…. I love those guages. Not entirely thrilled about the rest, but the guages are a big improvement. Any idea if the interior lights are still all orange ?

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marco Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

i want one, i dont think it looks half bad…sounds great.

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OctaneGuy Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

While that was really nicely shot and edited. Hmmm, gives me some ideas. Oh and the car didn’t look bad either! LOL.

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Chris Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

What, no Clive Owen?

This short video doesn’t make it any easier being a MINI non-owner, GP or otherwise. I demand more video footage like this, at sickeningly higher resolutions that would bring my computer to its knees.

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Tom Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Yeah, come on Gabe, where is the High Definition footage?

;)

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GMINI Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

My desire for this car has just been rearoused.

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Mario Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Soooo hot! I love it.

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matt Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

oh yes, this will be my next car.

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LMB Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

TOP MAN Gabe !!!

Looks/Sounds Ace :o)

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Allan Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Wow!!! Do our cars really stay THAT flat through the turns?? I never really saw the MINI go around bends from outside of the car before.

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Timmee Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Cool video – interesting that there is no commentary or music.

The car interests me hugely. Unfortunately there has been no word yet whether we’ll be lucky enough to get any here in South Africa.

I need a little more chrome on the grill – not as much as with the exterior chrome pack, but the same amount that comes stock with the MCS.

My one consolation in that you can have almost exactly as much fun in a standard, more accessible MC or MCS.

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tony T Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

God those mirrors stick out like angry red bulbous warts on a pretty girls face.

Nice Mini

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dickdavid Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

WOW! It sounds awesome, but the way it was shot makes it look slow.

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carcounsel.com |HID| » Blog Archive » MINI Cooper S JCW GP screaming through the hills Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

[...] A video has been posted by the good people at MotoringFile… [...]

Josh Wardell Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Kudos to BMW for using the real undoctored engine sounds. I still love those seats!

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FH Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Okay, that was weird. I forgot I had XM Radio streaming on my computer while watching that. Somehow Jessi Colter’s “I’m Not Lisa” streamed to that video fit very well.

Love the sound of the car.

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Erik Rutberg Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Engine sounds nice, but I think I’m going to have to get another Borla race exhaust. Way to quiet compared to my ‘03 with Borla.

Then again, without the sound deadining it may sound just right inside.

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Micah Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Excellent vid — I wanna drive those roads in my Mini!

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GMINI Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

wait. what color is this thing, anyway??? Thunder Blue looks an aweful lot like royal grey, or even dark silver….

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Nathaniel Salzman Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

WOW! It sounds awesome, but the way it was shot makes it look slow.

That was my opinion as well. It looks like a video montage from MotorWeek when they’d take a Ferrari F50 and drive it lazily through the Maryland scenery and not really wind it up except for their 0-60 and braking tests on their closed course. Compare that to your average episode of Top Gear where they are purposefully driving the hell out of the car. They’re obviously putting the GP through its paces, but the way it’s shot it just doesn’t look that impressive from a performance standpoint. Sure, it shows off the looks and growl in a great way, but give me some zoom. The spy video on the R56 is a much more exciting piece of video IMO.

And speaking of Top Gear, if you’re looking for some fun, high-octane MINI video, check this out.

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Gabe Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

You know, by posting links to videos that have been linked to since before MotoringFile even existed… you could lose your post of the month award… :) I kid I kid!

Actually for all those who haven’t seen that one… it’s the first Top Gear test of a JCW MCS vs some other UK based tuners. It’s really worth a click. It’s nice to see that Hammond comes to the same conclusion I made when I first tested the JCW MCS.

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Micah Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

How cool would it be to have GP 0001?! I could see that going for big bucks at Barrett Jackson in 25 years (or even today)…

Of course even if I had that model number I’d still drive the living snot out of it.

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Brian Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

ME ONE NOW!!!

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Mark Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

I agree with MrV – The gauges are awesome!!

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blalor Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

God those mirrors stick out like angry red bulbous warts on a pretty girls face.

I was thinking of it as “afterglow”.

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LMB Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

I really want 007 but it’s not going to happen sadly.

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blalor Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

And speaking of Top Gear, if you’re looking for some fun, high-octane MINI video, check this out.

Ah, what a great Hammond quote. “I was parking vigorously!”

I’m pretty underwhelmed with the video. The car looks pretty sharp; I like the mirrors, hate the wheels. And the gauges are sleep-inducing. I can kind of appreciate the “detuned” appearance, but I prefer my “arrest me red” MCS and am happy I don’t have something else to lust after at this point. :-)

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Osmodious Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

No…No…NO! All of you people who have been badmouthing the GP are NOT ALLOWED to change your minds! Those of us who have been fans from the beginning should get preference. You non-believers and johnny-come-lately’s can just go and be happy with a modified Checkmate or something… :-)

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Allan Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

You non-believers and johnny-come-lately’s can just go and be happy with a modified Checkmate or something… :-)

Yea!

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O(=^=)O Capn Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Cool video – interesting that there is no commentary or music.

I don’t know what video you were watching, but I heard music all through that video. Touched off with a nice Whine.

hmmn… chhheese, whine…hmmn

(wipes drool off.)

anyway. I’m not sure if I like this because it’s a MINI or because it is a GP.

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Dave Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

That’s the most impressive sound I’ve heard for a while…! Wonder what it would sound like going through a tunnel? =)

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freezr Feb 22nd, 2006 Link

Looks like a MCS to me “big deal” I have one that almost looks just like it. Nobody could tell it was anything special. That being said, I would love to drive the Hell out of it and thank god the cops didn’t catch me doing it. We’ll see if it needs to have a Depends Under Garment dispenser option aboard!!

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Sean Kim Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

what makes engine sound like that??? Can classic Mini sound like that too?????

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Nathaniel Salzman Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

You know, by posting links to videos that have been linked to since before MotoringFile even existed… you could lose your post of the month award… :) I kid I kid!

LOL! Oh I knew it was nothing new to the old and faithful of the MotoringFile readers. Just something worth mentioning to any new folks who hadn’t seen it. I’ve got a downloaded copy of this clip on my Powerbook that I watch from time to time. I love it! I especially love his conclusion – how the JCW car simply felt better than the other jobs, even if they did have more bhp. Of course that’s a story as old as the Mini itself – the car has never been accurately represented by its pure stats. 65 bhp isn’t supposed to win Rally races.

And besides, I’m saving up all my good posts ’till March. I have a title to defend now. ;-)

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Bob Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

That is sweet – sounds sooooo good.

22k …………… hmmm, kids dinner money ……

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Mark Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

Gabe – another brilliant piece of info – thanks! Still loving the GP and getting really excited!

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nina simone Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

is that paul simon singing me, “can’t get used to something so right… something so right”?

I hope to see some of you motorin’ about in these soon.

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Marty Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

Is it just me or does the engine of the GP sound like a vacum cleaner?

Marty

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Bryn Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

Yeah. But a supercharged vacuum cleaner.

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MPR Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

it looks worst than a standart MINI

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bonz Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

Great video, downloaded to my phone so when someone ask me what is a MINI Cooper …..

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lexbomb Feb 23rd, 2006 Link

Crap… Miss MF one day and miss the rediculously large file… :-(

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ChrisW Feb 24th, 2006 Link

Red mirrors = yes!

Boy-racer spoiler = no!

Sound of that exhaust and supercharger = HECK YEAH!!!!

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Mini Cooper S JCW GP - video e nuove foto Feb 24th, 2006 Link

[...] Potete vedere anche un video della JCW GP impegnata sulle curve di un canyon. E’ veramente strano il cambio di carattere tra il rumore che fa la macchina ripresa dall’anteriore e quello degli scarichi: dal posteriore un borbottio rauco abbastanza aggressivo, dall’anteriore si sente esclusivamente il ronzio (quasi elettrico) del compressore volumetrico. PUBBLICITÀ PUBBLICITÀ La JCW GP (nome per esteso Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works GP Tuning Kit) rimarrà la versione top della Mini 2 Mk I. Ora ci sarà da vedere cosa l’atelier di John Cooper sarà capace di fare con il motore della Mini 2 Mk II, il nuovo 1.6 turbo sviluppato congiuntamente da Peugeot e BMW [Via Motoring File]. [...]

Kaelaria Feb 24th, 2006 Link

Does anyone know what tires it will use?

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MINIAC Feb 24th, 2006 Link

Does anyone know what tires it will use?

205/40-18 Dunlop SP Sport 01 DSST tires are fitted to the other 18″ JCW wheel offerings.

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Giacomo Feb 25th, 2006 Link

That was fun.

Gonna miss the SuperCharger whine on the new cars so I am planning on keeping the ‘04 until it dies.

I have the Dunlop Sport SP 9000 DSST RF’s on my MCS, they are a nice all around tire but aren’t very sticky in the corners. 22,000 miles and thy still have most of their tread.

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newvibes.com » Mini GP video Feb 26th, 2006 Link

[...] Oooh a video of the limited edition Mini Cooper S Works GP in action. Sounds lovely. Shame it’s a bit disturbing to look at. Tags [...]

Davey Feb 27th, 2006 Link

Looks better in the vid/sounds great – Kids & wife on ebay time I think :) :)

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Mr. Blonde Feb 27th, 2006 Link

Psssst:

link for the very large video ist still up… here: http://motoringfile.whiteroofradio.com/gp/gp_very_large.mov.zip

have fun

Mr. Blonde

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Jonathan Feb 28th, 2006 Link

The large one isn’t there anymore… :(

Can anyone host it?

Thanks, Jonathan

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