MF Review: JCW Alcantara Steering Wheel
The steering wheel is the single most used interface of a car and it’s the most important input device for both the track and the road. Generally speaking, thicker wheels with softer,...
Is the 2007 MCS Faster than JCW GP? (No)
GP owners breath easy. A vague mention combined with mis-read press release means that the comparison made between the GP and the new MCS isn’t correct. The GP is 14 seconds faster...
MINI Featured in September’s EVO
This month’s EVO (a mag always on our preferred reading list) features the JCW GP in a huge comparison aimed at finding the best handling FWD car of all time. It should...
JCW GP On the Scales
Ian of GBMINI fame completed paperwork for the purchase of his Monterey Delivered GP today; this included getting a copy of the “certificate of origin” which reports the GP horsepower as 214...
More Power for ’08 JCW MCS
Apparently BMW is serious this time. Not that the current JCW isn’t fast, but it’s clear that BMW will need more power if they are to position the MCS JCW against such...
The First USA GPs
Up to 45 “MINI Cooper S with JCW GP kit” MINIs will be delivered to their new owners in less than four weeks, in Monterey, California at the Monterey Historic (http://www.montereyhistoric.com/) weekend....
MINI To Prepare “More Extreme” Racer?
Racers take note, looks like MINI is getting serious about Racing (from 4Car): >Until now, competitive race series such as the John Cooper Challenge have been run on a country-by-country basis, but...
EVO JCW GP Review Now Online
The EVO review that we wrote about a few weeks back is finally online. And with the car gettnig 5 (out of 5) stars it’ll surely be a favorite of GP owners....
Autoweek Drives the JCW GP
Everyone’s favorite US based weekly automotive magazine gives us its take on the JCW GP. Fresh from driving the car at the recent press event in Italy, Greg Kable gives us his...
First UK MINI GP owner at Motor Show
Paul Baker, the first UK MINI GP customer, collected the keys to his dream car from Mike Cooper. Mr Baker had registered his interest with local dealer, North Oxford Garage, when the...