The Origins of the John Cooper Works brand and the First JCW MINIs
Everyone knows that the John Cooper name is been synonymous with Minis since the early 60s. But did you know the same John Cooper was one of the most successful F1 team...
24h Nurburgring Wrap-up – MINI Comes Up Short As We Soak Up the Atmosphere (VIDEO)
The 24h Nurburgring ended early this year for MINI. After getting hit three times (twice by the same BMW), the car was carelessly towed back to the pits in the middle of...
The MINI JCW GP Preps For Its Debut at the Nurburgring 24 Hours
After ten years away from the iconic race, MINI is heading back to the Nurburgring 24 Hours with a race-prepped MINI JCW GP. A few weeks ago we showed you the car...
MINI Is Heading Back to the 24 Hours of Nurburgring and We’re Joining Them
The 24 Hours of Nürburgring is perhaps the most mythical endurance race in the world. A grueling 24 hours in the Eiffel Mountains (where it’s been known to snow in the summer)...
Rumor: All Electric MINI GP To Reach production
Eighteen months ago when we spoke to the GP product manager Petra Beck she casually mentioned that the 2021 MINI GP could be the last petrol powered GP. We even wrote about...
World Premier: The MINI Pacesetter Electric JCW GP
This is the future of JCW. Let that sink in for a moment. But before we get into that let’s talk about the name. Technically this isn’t a GP or even a...
MINI Releases A Special Winter Tire for the MINI JCW GP
Hot off of our article praising the virtues of winter tires, MINI has released something special for JCW GP owners in the form special winter tires. The Winter i*cept evo 2 tires...
2021 JCW GP is The Most Flawed MINI Ever (And We Love it)
The 2020 JCW GP is unlike any other MINI ever made. It is the most inherently flawed MINI we’ve ever driven with torque steer that demands the driver wrestle the wheel as...
Video: Stig Tests The JCW GP & Megane RS Trophy R
Ben Collins (aka the Stig) joins Tiff and Paul from LoveCars and two the most hardware front wheel drive cars ever: the JCW GP and Megane RS Trophy R. Which is faster...
JCW GP Video Review – Can it Live up to the Hype & GP History?
We we’re one of the first publications to go hands-on with the new GP. We even got some very early seat-time in a pre-production GP driven by one of the test drivers...