The New MINI Challenge Racing Series

The JCW Challenge has now become the “MINI Challenge”. Earlier this year Mike Cooper sold the rights of the racing series in the UK to a company called Total Track Ltd.. As...

JCW Sells 10,000th Engine Kit

Here’s an excerpt from Motortorque >Demand for the JCW kit — the only MINI-endorsed tuning kit – has never been stronger, particularly in the UK, where one in nine Cooper S hatchback...

Autoweek’s Take on the JCW GP

While there’s nothing really new in the story, Autoweek does an admirable job of summing the JCW GP up. Except for perhaps the negative initial reaction by most MINI enthusiasts. Here’s an...

MotoringFile Analysis: JCW GP Kit

With all the hype and build up of the rumored “lightweight” Cooper S, there was probably little MINI could do to actually impress everyone. With numbers like 230bhp and 15% weight reduction...

Sniff Petrol's Take on the JCW GP

Sniff Petrol, the Onion of the automotive world, unleashes it’s usual healthy dose of sarcasm on the new MINI JCW GP: No sooner has BMW released details of the long rumoured ‘hardcore’...

The JCW GP Kit – Your Way

Now that the JCW GP Works Kit is out, everyone seems to be a critic. So here’s the challenge we’re giving to MotoringFile readers. How would you change the JCW GP? What...

JCW GP Kit US Announcement

Based on info we’d received over the pasts few months we had expected the JCW GP to eventually make it to the North American market. I’m now happy to report that this...