Video: 306 hp 2020 JCW Clubman 10,000 Mile Review
The 306 Hp 2020 JCW Clubman has been the best MINI daily driver we’ve ever owned. That’s our conclusion after 10,000 miles and over four months of ownership. In this video we give you a one-take review of the car and what it’s like to live with; the good, the weird, and the fun.
We’ve got some unique insight here given that we just got out of the 228 hp JCW Countryman and before that, the 228 hp JCW Clubman. So is the upgrade worth it? Given that MINI has held the line on pricing (this 306 hp car actually cost less than our less equipped JCW Countryman) we’d say it’s a no brainer. In numbers that means the base MSRP of the 2020 JCW Clubman is $39,400 while our loaded version had an MSRP at $47,250. That’s $1,500 less than our outgoing 2018 JCW Countryman (which had fewer options).
While you can’t get a manual anymore, the automatic is so good, and the old manual so mediocre that we don’t mind the limitation given the massive upgrade (even if we didn’t agree a year ago).
Check out the full review above in our one-take video review. And lookout for the major fail at the end.
Don’t think the link was posted so I found it on YouTube. I wish my S sounded like the JCW. I want to upgrade my exhaust with the intent of achieving something like the sound you heard in that video, but I don’t think anything comes close. How would the ride compare to something like my S on 17inch RFTs?
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It should be at the top of the page.
Great video, Gabe. I love the “California Rolling Stop” at 2:19 when discussing the powerful brakes 😉
Ha! Well to the left is a dead-end dirt road with no houses of any kind. Feels like the right kind of stop ?
This is a great review! thanks 🙂 i feel very much the same way and this is a most amazing car. i get in it everyday and it always puts a smile on my face. I see exactly what you mean about the DCT vs the Auto. the DCT is soooooo much smother, but the auto is better for performance driving for sure!