AutoExpress: JCW “Best Hot Hatch” of 2008

UK weekly magazine Autoexpress has named the newly released JCW MINI, the best”Hot Hatch” of 2008. Here’s an excerpt from this week’s magazine: >Not only is it one of the quickest cars...

MF First Drive: Factory JCW Clubman

BMW and MINI have worked hard on the new JCW MINIs in setting them apart from the other models. They’ve given them their own names (you won’t find “Cooper S” anywhere on...

Official JCW Brake Retrofit Kit PDF

Based on our story last Friday detailing the parts associated with the new JCW brake kit, we had a few questions about a potential official retrofit kit. As we reported last year...

AUSmotive Reviews the JCW MINI

Our good friend Liam at AUSmotive had a chance to drive the new JCW MINI on Australian soil and came away rather impressed. Here’s an excerpt: >Engine and transmission are very well...

JCW Brake Retrofit Part List

For all those who want the look and stopping power of the new four piston JCW brakes on their R55 or R56, we’ve got what you’ve been looking for. Below is the...

MINI USA Releases Auto JCW Engine Kit

MINI USA will shortly be announcing immediate availability of the JCW engine tuning kit for the automatic R56 Cooper S. This is the same kit that was mistakenly released for a couple...

Times Online reviews the Factory R56 JCW

Andrew Frankel from the London Times took the factory R56 JCW car on a first drive recently and was not very keen about this latest hot entry from Oxford: >”This could just...

Bizarre Recent JCW Viral Videos

Some of you may have noticed the recent JCW viral videos we’ve posted on MF. Over the past few days we’ve learned that these videos were created without the knowledge of MINI...

Ask MF: Will The US Get Recaro Seats?

Here’s a questions we’ve been getting for years here at MF. While the answer hasn’t changed, we thought it might be appropriate the revisit the subject for some of the newer MINI...