JCW Clubman vs. Everything Else

Car and Driver recently did another one of their comparisons. This time they put 7 cars together to try to come up with a good dollar-to-performance figure. The MINI of choice for...

MF Review: JCW Stage I vs Stage II

Unlike the previous Cooper S, MINI has taken a two prong approach to developing a faster MINI or the R56 MCS. First out of the gates was the JCW “Engine Kit” which...

MF Review: Factory JCW Hatch

The factory JCW MINI is a dichotomy of character. On one hand (in stock form) it’s as comfortable over bumps and on the highway as any MINI that’s ever been produced. Yet...

JCW Has Snob Value

At least according to the Times UK. >Of course, you can respond in different ways to a car’s prevalence. You can get all sniffy about it and run in the opposite direction,...

50MPG in a JCW MINI?

So it was in the UK using the Imperial Gallon, but still an impressive feat AutoExpress was able to pull off. >That’s not the only trick up the John Cooper Works MINI’s...

MotoringFile JCW Review Coming Soon

We’ve heard you. You want to read our review of the 2009 JCW MINI. In fact there hasn’t been a week that has gone by since spring that we haven’t gotten emails...

Motive Pits the JCW Against… Everything

Ok we’re being dramatic. But really Motive seemed to try throw down the gauntlet against the new JCW. The results? We don’t want to ruin it for you but it’s a great...

JCW MINI Makes the List

Auto Express has assembled a list of what they think the top-20 performance cars of 2008 are. And there, right between the Porsche Cayman S and the BMW M3 Coupe is the...

Australian MINI Challenge Crash Ends Race

The Australian MINI Challenge has had a wild ride in it’s first year and this weekend was no different. Due to a particularly bad crash, the third and final race of this...

MINI USA Recalling 2009 JCW MINIs

MINI USA is officially recalling all 560 2009 JCW MINIs due braking issues. It’s not entirely clear in the description given by the NHTSA but it would seem that the brakes either...