We had the chance to get inside the car and get a few more photos showing more details of the World Championship 50 MINI.
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We had the chance to get inside the car and get a few more photos showing more details of the World Championship 50 MINI.
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<p>So disappointing…</p>
<p>Breathtaking. What a great way to celebrate the year. I can’t imagine a better colour, spec, anything.</p>
<p>For once I can actually see something that you post on MotoringFile in person… I love it :)</p>
p><b>@Gabe</b Go easy on the koolaid, mister.</p>
<p>Still liking the looks of the car, one of the better looking R56’s to my eye. Not a huge fan of black wheels but could live with them. The interior is a step down on the exterior but still not to bad. Still for this to be sold without the proper suspension (JCW) I still think the car lacks a clear message. I however think the biggest thing that still makes me wonder though is the reported nearly 50k it would cost.</p>
<p>I would honestly pay 50k for a class dominating Mini no holds bared performance car, I however know Mini will never make one.</p>
<p>Meant to say it’s because I’m at MINI United with you guys!!</p>
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<p>Still for this to be sold without the proper suspension (JCW) I still think the car lacks a clear message.</p>
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<p>Yeah that’s the huge issue I have with the car. Unfortunately they don’t have the JCW Suspension worked into the production work-flow at Oxford so it’s not possible without considerable expense. Still I would have demanded it if I was the one calling the shots – which I am not :)</p>
<p>But I suppose people complaining about the price don’t need to worry. It’ll be sold out in months and likely won’t ever be available in the US.</p>
<p>Note to Mini, time to hire Gabe. Think he understands what many in the Mini community are looking for than anyone currently employed at Mini. heh</p>
<p>I just think that the JCW brand just lacks the clear message one gets with /M or any other manufactures performance divisions. JCW is just a kit car in a great many ways versus Mini taking the time and funds needed to handle what is arguably one of its largest user groups wishes (performance). A great deal of the Mini owners I know have spent more on tuning the performance on their cars than just about everything else combined. I do wonder if JCW will ever have more of a feeling of being just a accessory vendor of demi-performance components.</p>
<p>For 50k I could take a base R56S paint it a unique color, tune it to run circles around the JCW Mini in every regard (minus the factory warranty).</p>
<blockquote>Breathtaking. What a great way to celebrate the year. <strong>I can’t imagine a better colour, spec, anything.</strong></blockquote>
<blockquote>Yeah that’s <strong>the huge issue I have with the car.</strong> Unfortunately they don’t have the JCW Suspension worked into the production work-flow at Oxford so it’s not possible without considerable expense.</blockquote>
<p>Will the real Gabe please stand up? :-P</p>
<p>In all seriousness… it’s a very pretty car… that is glaringly shortsighted on the performance side of things with the base suspension.</p>
<p>I don’t <strong>care</strong> if they can’t do the JCW suspension on the production line yet… this is a very limited production of 250 cars… the least they could do is install the JCW suspension manually on <strong>each and every one</strong> before selling it.</p>
<p>Agreed on that, especially if somebody is spending 50k on the car. If its a euro spec car only I would have liked to have them through the JCW Recaro’s in the car too.</p>
<p>@<a href="#comment-260532" rel="nofollow">Haemish Edgerton</a>: I should have said factory spec :)</p>
<p>Interesting info about the paint on this MINI, not sure if it will be the same on the others.</p>
<p>This car started life as metallic black, then had BRG (the exact same color as the F1 racecar on display) hand-sprayed over the black. The color was the same, but had a little bit more depth to it, and still looked non-metallic.</p>
<p>Interesting news DB, wonder if the green is just an exterior spray versus a full body paint job. Not sure how enthralled I would be to see bits of metallic black poking out of the nooks and crannies where the green wasn’t sprayed into. I am pretty sure though that Mini made sure to address this to keep it all looking good.</p>