MF Garage – Our JCW Countryman Hits 15,000 Miles and Blows a Tire
15,000 miles in our 2018 JCW Countryman has taught us a lot. For one run-flats aren’t impervious to screws. Also that six speed manual we were excited? Turns out it’s the worst...
What -23 Degrees Fahrenheit Does to a MINI JCW Countryman
It turns out not a lot. Our JCW Countryman has soldiered through a lot this winter already. But operating at -23F (-31C) is a new trick it. We’ve all seen the spy-shots...
Opinion: The Worst Manual MINI Sells is Still Better than an Auto
Strong words. But after spending the last 35,000 miles in a JCW Clubman automatic and a JCW Countryman manual, I feel like I’m ready to make the statement that the worst manual...
The JCW Countryman 5,000 Mile Review – All That Glitters is Green
5,000 miles will tell you a lot about a car. Behind the wheel of the JCW Countryman it’s confirmed just how great an all-round small crossover this is. Thanks to its design,...
MINI JCW Countryman Review – 1 Week, 1,000 Miles & Dirt Roads
Saying goodbye to our JCW Clubman was hard. We loved that car for all the reasons you’d expect. But after 25,000 miles of testing the time had come to step into something...
Our 2018 MINI JCW Countryman is Here!
After a long wait our Rebel Green JCW Countryman has finally landed in our hands. Our first order of business is of course to get to know this thing. And what better...
We’re Building the Ultimate MINI Countryman
After 23,000 miles and over a year our time with our JCW Clubman test car we’re moving on to something even bigger – the MINI Countryman. But how do you spec a...
Our JCW Clubman Hits 23,000 Miles As We Wonder What’s Next
Our 2017 MINI JCW Clubman is now over 23,000 miles (about 20k on our watch) and it has proven to be the best engineered and built MINI we’ve ever had. Let’s pause...
MF Garage: The JCW Clubman vs the Highway
Is it possible to call any MINI the perfect highway car? In a word, no. But our JCW Clubman may just be the perfect highway MINI. Recently we’ve been pilling on the...
Bridgestone Blizzaks Have Turned our JCW Clubman Into a Winter Rally Car
Over the past 24 hours of some intense winter travel, our Bridgestone Blizzak equipped JCW Clubman has been completely unstoppable. There are few things more impressive than a fresh set of snow...