The History of the Modern JCW Tuning Kit
Later this week JCW will release it’s latest product – the GP2. It’ll be the fastest MINI to date with more power and engineering hours behind it than any product from the...
Red Roof Radio Episode #1: R53 vs R56, R60 Debate, Countryman Coupe & Why a 9 Speed Auto Doesn’t Tempt Us
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Exclusive: MINI’s GP Line-up Revealed
Last week we broke the news that MINI is planning on turning the GP name into a high performance sub-brand for MINI and to a lesser degree JCW. But what does this...
Exclusive: MINI to Make the JCW GP a Full Sub-Brand
What if there were something beyond a JCW that came straight from MINI? What if there were a MINI engineered from the beginning to be faster, more extreme and look completely unique...
Breaking: MINI to Introduce JCW GP in Coupe Form?
While MINI is putting the finishing touches on the R56 based GP set to be released at MINI United this May, we’ve now confirmed that there are plans for a second Coupe...
An Ode to the JCW GP
The MINI JCW was a kit until 2006. Even then it was a factory option that was engineered in a garage. Then came the GP. Taking the spirit of the garage and...
Does an Automatic JCW Dilute the Brand or Strengthen it?
For the first time ever MINI will be offering the six speed Aisin sourced automatic in the JCW. They first showed it in the JCW Countryman but we fully expect it to...
MINI Makes it Official: The New GP Will Be the Fastest MINI Ever
Over a month ago we broke the news tha a new GP was coming and debuting at MINI United this May. Last night in New York we got official confirmation. Dr Kay...
MINI GP2 Spied Outside the Nurburgring
Autoblog has some new photos of what is obviously a test mule for the next MINI JCW GP we told you about a few weeks back. Looking closely at the photos, they're confirming for us many things we already knew and have reported on.
Video: Countryman JCW Flies a Human Kite
Wing suit + Countryman JCW = a new kind of human flight? If this video isn’t an episode of Mythbusters waiting to happen, I don’t know what is. What do you think?...