JCW Diesel a Reality – With a BMW Engine
Not a April’s Fool’s joke btw… We’ve confirmed that JCW (MINI’s tuning arm) will be releasing a a full fledged factory JCW model based on the current MINI Cooper D. However what will shock most is that the engine will come from the current BMW 120. That’s right MINI engineers have successfully slotted in the 2.0L lump into the MINI’s engine bay. According to Autocar, look for the first of these new up-rated MINI diesels to have around 150bhp (with loads more torque) and feature start-stop technology.
Future versions could include the BMW 123d twin turbo engine which features 200 bhp and (gulp) an unbelievable 295 ft lbs of torque! Whether that is the standard JCW model or even a GP diesel we won’t know for awhile.
Look for MINI to debut the new diesel next year at the Geneva Motor Show and launch the cars around this time next year.
+ MINI Plans Hot Diesels / Autocar
<p>And it comes with wings and …… nice lol!!!!</p>
<p>please god send it too us</p>
<p>Happy April Fools day!</p>
<p>Is that 2.0L (L is for Lump? 🙂 ) a turbodiesel?</p>
<p>Good move, lets just hope they get this shipped to the US. Do have to wonder just how quickly the tires on a 123d equipped Mini would take to become shredded lol.</p>
<p>I think the Mini D still has a place in the US market, while I think this is mostly for the economy of a diesel.</p>
<p>Here we go AGAIN!! Rumors on APRIL FOOLS DAY! Why bother give us NO hope since we cannot even get the regular Diesel here in this side of the pond. Call me PESIMISTIC if you want but I am very frustrated not by MINI but the legal aholes in our dumb society that prevents US from getting the Diesel here. BTW isn’t PSA for grabs(bankruptcy) didn’t they fire their CEO. Anyway I’ll be like ST. Thomas, I won’t believe it until I TOUCH one.</p>
<p>Good god I never thought about a JCW diesel – that would combine my favourite powerplant with my favourite car! I sincerely hope that car comes over here – what a hoot if it does!</p>
<p>Q: Is that 2.0L (L is for Lump? 🙂 ) a turbodiesel?</p>
<p>the L on 2.0L stands for litre Alan. and yes, it would be turbo diesel</p>
<p>The waiting list starts right HERE.</p>
<p>And what is it’s towing capacity? That is what I think when you have 295 ft-lbs of torque. All jokes aside, the VW TDIs can be tuned to have unreal torque. Future tuning may include the sounds of marbles in your engine.</p>
<p>That 2.0L Turbo Diesel is very sweet(135i level torque) — 123D already has the same 40-60mph time as an Audi R8, guess what it can do on a 700-800lbs lighter Mini (space travel?) :D</p>
<p>Well, all that torque is great, but getting it down onto the pavement in a front wheel drive car is a whole other ball of wax.</p>
<p>All-wheel-drive MINI D JCW!</p>
<p>I don’t think we’ll see it here any time soon. This is a shoe-horn of an existing engine into a different existing chassis. It may sell well in Europe, but there’s still no real incentive to switch to diesel here.</p>
<p>And for those that curse the legal infrastructure for making diesels a pain to engineer for the US, it’s just because our nation takes particulate emissions more seriously than Europe, but that’s changing quickly. Even there the laws are already scheduled to make the diesels much more clean from a particuate perspective. Also, the only reason that diesels are adopted at such high rates is that very same cursed government intervention that restrics particulates here taxes the crap out of gasoline, but not diesels there.</p>
<p>You want diesels here? Ask your senators and representitives to tax gas!</p>
<p>Matt</p>
<blockquote>And what is it’s towing capacity? That is what I think when you have 295 ft-lbs of torque.</blockquote>
<p>You know what they say, right? Power sells cars, torque wins races. You know that <em>push</em> you get from a fast car as you accelerate away? That’s torque, not power :)</p>
<p>Why not make MINIS engine range bigger? Seems a no-brainer to me</p>
<p>Yawn. I’ll believe it when I see it…. I’m tired of diesel model after diesel model shown off in Europe — and then rumor after rumor of likelihood it would show up on our shores.</p>
<p>While a performance diesel Mini would be a dream come true for me, I’ll reserve my enthusiasm till it actually gets here, in the U.S.</p>
<p>I’m with you. It’s such a shame that these diesel vehicles never make it to our shores. I’d be first in line at my 2nd nearest MINI dealership (roughly 3000 miles away) to buy one. I’m sure there are others here who would follow suit.</p>
<p>But alas – cool and unique vehicles such as these don’t ever make it across one reason or another…</p>
<p>Introduced to Europe in 2001
Introduced to USA- NEVER!!!</p>
<p>I meant to say : Introduced to Europe in 2011 and MAYBE Introduced to USA NEVER!!!!</p>
<p>This would be one of the best deliveries the BMW stork could make to our U.S. shores that will surely bring miles of smiles to both the frugal and performance fanatics in the blutec mist now busily meditating to turn this prophesy into reality. 1,2,3, hit it! Ah umm … Just do it even if it requires a Nike boost.</p>
<p>Well, it’s the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, and no sign of a more powerful diesel. Shame.</p>
<p>I have a Countryman on order now for my wife to replace her X5. I want it to have 180-200 BHP 250-300 pound foot of torque diesel engine and an automatic. I also want a Turbo Diesel 5 series to replace my M5 when it wears out.</p>