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...

The JCW GP Kit; More Power, Less Weight

The following is the first official UK press release on the new John Cooper Works GP Kit. We expect more information as the week progresses. The launch of the new MINI in...

The Rumored Lightweight MCS: Part 7

Rumored no more. MINI2 is now confirming what many of us had assumed all along. The images posted on the web this weekend are indeed early sketches of the upcoming MINI Cooper...

The John Cooper Works GP Tuning Kit

[Updated with interior Sketch] Here are a couple of sketches that appeared on the BMW/MINI press site this weekend. While there is no description or press release yet associated with them, they...

2006 John Cooper Works Accessories

Update: We’ve got photos and new info below! Despite 2006 being the last year for the current generation MINI, JCW has a few new products in the pipeline for the venerable R50...