We’re Picking up Our 301 HP JCW Clubman and Heading to the Dragon
This week we pick up our new 2020 301 hp JCW Clubman. But that’s just one of three reasons we’re massively excited. We’re doing...
Longterm Review: 2019 JCW Countryman
If a manual, all wheel drive performance crossover sounds like a unicorn, that’s because it is. And for 20,000 miles we’ve driven this unicorn...
MotoringFile is Getting a New MINI
If you count all of our contributors we have lots of MINIs. But there’s only one official test MINI year after year. And every...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...