The New MINI John Cooper Works GP

MINI on steroids.
MINI on steroids.

Mini has decided to take their hottest hatch, the Cooper JCW, and dipped it in the fiery waters of hell and what has come out is a hardcore-mean-feisty little hot hatch with its hair on fire, this is the Mini Cooper JCW GP.

This Mini is a track-focused version of the normal Mini Cooper. Mini didn’t waste any time and threw a 2.0-litre TwinPower-turbo engine under the hood which produces 225kW and 450Nm, making this engine the most powerful engine Mini has ever put in their Production cars.

With its super aggressive looks, Mini wanted to make it look like a lot of attitude like you can’t tell this car what to do. Mini has also added a lot of bracing in the car and added stiffer suspension which lowers the car and widens the track to make it handle like a real go-kart. The huge rear spoiler increases down force to better the handling. What will cause a stir is that the Mini has put an 8-speed automatic gearbox in the GP which won’t go well with purists, but they did also put a mechanical differential lock to help the car be more involving.

This is as hot as it can get for Mini and they have made 3000 units for those that want a taste, but forget the kids cause this mean hatch has no back seats.

Images: BMW

Siyabonga Manzini
Siyabonga Manzini is the name, I am a writer and content contributor for DBN Spotter. Cars are some wonderful creations, loved them for as long as I can remember. Sometimes cars can complicated but that is the beauty in it, cars have different characteristics and brands make a car in their own way that’s a reason why I love these machines. They can invoke all kinds of emotions in a person and my job is to try explain the nature of each car we get and share it with you.