Comments on: EVO Names JCW MCS Car of the Year Finalist http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/ MotoringFile | MINI news, reviews and opinion. MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Clubman, Countryman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: marksmith http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-192553 marksmith Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:32:14 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-192553 <p>My R56 JCW w/ sports suspension is my 3rd Works car (2xR53) and by far it's the most engaging, fastest and all-around best of the bunch. Even better than my R53 Works car w/ many. many performance extras. . I do have light 13lbs wheels & Bridgestone REO50 non-runflats so the handeling is a bit enhanced over stock. I think the review is spot on. Bravo Mini & JCW</p> My R56 JCW w/ sports suspension is my 3rd Works car (2xR53) and by far it’s the most engaging, fastest and all-around best of the bunch. Even better than my R53 Works car w/ many. many performance extras. . I do have light 13lbs wheels & Bridgestone REO50 non-runflats so the handeling is a bit enhanced over stock. I think the review is spot on. Bravo Mini & JCW

]]> By: msh441 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-192314 msh441 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:44:14 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-192314 <p>Yep... double-checked and confirmed: The same dark silver R56JCW that CAR magazine tested in their Performance CotY article is now EVO's long-term JCW driver and CotY contender.</p> <p>It's running standard suspension WITHOUT the LSD! Not that those options would change it's position in either field (some pretty hard-core cars in both articles), but both are options that make a HUGE difference in the way the car behaves.</p> Yep… double-checked and confirmed: The same dark silver R56JCW that CAR magazine tested in their Performance CotY article is now EVO’s long-term JCW driver and CotY contender.

It’s running standard suspension WITHOUT the LSD! Not that those options would change it’s position in either field (some pretty hard-core cars in both articles), but both are options that make a HUGE difference in the way the car behaves.

]]> By: msh441 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-192102 msh441 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:27:58 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-192102 <p>If it's the same JCW that they have as their long-term tester... not only does it NOT have the JCW suspension... but it doesn't even have Sport Suspension.</p> <p>I'll have to double check my last EVO, but I seem to also remember the presence of a LSD was questionable, as well (the comment "...could benifit from a limited slip differential." was in there somwhere). Yet STILL they rave about it!</p> If it’s the same JCW that they have as their long-term tester… not only does it NOT have the JCW suspension… but it doesn’t even have Sport Suspension.

I’ll have to double check my last EVO, but I seem to also remember the presence of a LSD was questionable, as well (the comment “…could benifit from a limited slip differential.” was in there somwhere). Yet STILL they rave about it!

]]> By: greg http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-192096 greg Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:03:14 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-192096 <p>Nice. The squeeky wheel......</p> Nice. The squeeky wheel……

]]> By: Yucca Patrol http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-191819 Yucca Patrol Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:09:46 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-191819 <p>Too bad the future factory JCW cannot be included in the competition.</p> <p>Gabe, how about giving us some more dirt on the factory kit? Haven't heard anything in weeks!!!</p> Too bad the future factory JCW cannot be included in the competition.

Gabe, how about giving us some more dirt on the factory kit? Haven’t heard anything in weeks!!!

]]> By: cct1 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-191805 cct1 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:55:52 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-191805 <p>Makes me really want to drive it--the way he drives it through the corner is a bit different than what generally generates the fastest times in the R53 (Many of the guys that are really, really fast in the R53, including the fastest I know of, really aren't big fans of trail-braking in most corners--they do it sparingly in the R53). They usually get the braking done early.</p> Makes me really want to drive it–the way he drives it through the corner is a bit different than what generally generates the fastest times in the R53 (Many of the guys that are really, really fast in the R53, including the fastest I know of, really aren’t big fans of trail-braking in most corners–they do it sparingly in the R53). They usually get the braking done early.

]]> By: Jon http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-191782 Jon Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:43:34 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-191782 <p>Great press for Mini, great to see they appreciate this car. To bad it didn't have the JCW suspension but still great to see this little car stand up to stiff competition.</p> Great press for Mini, great to see they appreciate this car. To bad it didn’t have the JCW suspension but still great to see this little car stand up to stiff competition.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-191775 Gabe Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:28:47 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-191775 <blockquote> <p>Does the MINI in the article only have the engine tuning kit or does it also have the JCW suspension?</p> </blockquote> <p>Sadly it only has the tuning kit and not the JCW suspension kit.</p>

Does the MINI in the article only have the engine tuning kit or does it also have the JCW suspension?

Sadly it only has the tuning kit and not the JCW suspension kit.

]]> By: Brian http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-191773 Brian Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:27:52 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/20/evo-magazine-puts-jcw-mcs-in-car-of-the-year-finals/#comment-191773 <p>Does the MINI in the article only have the engine tuning kit or does it also have the JCW suspension?</p> Does the MINI in the article only have the engine tuning kit or does it also have the JCW suspension?

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