MINI at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show
19 Dec 2014, 14:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / This year at the Detroit Auto Show MINI introduced its new Hardtop model to the masses, marking its US premiere at the time. Next year we’ll be seeing yet another premiere but this time it wou...
2015 MINI JCW Hardtop Officially Unveiled: Will Show Up at Detroit
10 Dec 2014, 22:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Earlier today we caught the 2015 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop completely undisguised via some photos leaked by Car Advice. Seeing as the rabbit is already out of the hat, the British company decid...
2015 MINI John Cooper Works Unveiled with 231 HP Ahead of Official Debut
10 Dec 2014, 08:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Despite the official debut of the MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop being scheduled for a later date, the guys from Car Advice Australia apparently had permission to cut in line and release the officia...
2015 MINI Cooper S Gets 211 HP with JCW Tuning Kit at Essen · Live Photos
28 Nov 2014, 18:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / While we were shooting the M Performance parts stand over at BMW we kept noticing an out of ordinary MINI being photographed at the stand next to us. Therefore, we had to go over there and see what ...
MINI Introduces Three New JCW Design Lines
14 Nov 2014, 09:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We already told you that MINI wants its Cooper S to be more competitive in the supermini segment, allowing it to reach 211 HP thanks to a JCW kit. However, that’s not all the news the company ...
290 HP MINI JCW Laps Nurburgring 10 Seconds Faster than Official FWD Record
20 Oct 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / At the moment, the official world record for a front-wheel drive car on the Nurburgring is held by the Megane RS 275 Trophy-R, a car that was basically designed for this exact purpose. In the race t...
We Never Knew a MINI Could Sound Like This · Video
14 Oct 2014, 11:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Out of the MINI line-up, the John Cooper Works models are known to be the most extreme. However, nothing could’ve prepared our ears for what we’re about to share with you. The guys fr...
Exclusive: MINI Plans to Unveil 3 New Models Until 2016
26 Sep 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / For quite some time now, we’ve been seeing MINI prototypes being tested around Germany and the rest of the world, leaving us wondering what exactly is going on in Munich and Oxford. One of our...
MINI Working on Secret 300 HP All-Wheel Drive Car - Report
15 Sep 2014, 15:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW’s new B family of modular engines is apparently good enough to replace the old, familiar inline 6-cylinder 3-liter plants. The new 2-liter 4-cylinder units can purportedly develop up to 30...
MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop to Be Unveiled at Detroit - Report
9 Jul 2014, 15:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The world is currently waiting for MINI to launch the new John Cooper Works model, the first one in the brand’s history with a 2-liter inline 4-cylinder powerplant. Surprised? You shouldn&r...
MINI Refreshes Paceman for 2015
7 Jul 2014, 08:42 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The 2015 model year MINI Paceman will get a couple of new interesting features and specs, to better cope with the new emission standards enforced by the UE. Starting this autumn, all manufacturers i...
2014 Playmate of the Year Gets MINI Roadster from Playboy
19 May 2014, 12:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Celebrating 60 years of existence, the Playboy magazine announced its Playmate of the Year last week, turning Kennedy Summers into a worldwide start over night. The 27-year old model was picked b...
2015 MINI JCW Could Be a Sub 6-Second Car
17 Feb 2014, 09:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / With the 2 Series Active Tourer out, introducing a couple of new engines to the BMW family, the rumor mill surrounding the upcoming JCW MINI started making more and more suppositions. The latest see...
Indonesian Gathering Is Filled with MINI Brilliance
14 Feb 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / To be honest, I didn’t know that the Indonesian auto scene had so many MINI fans and I was really surprised to find out about it in a photo gallery for Hawk’n’Poke. The Indo MIN...
Spyshots: MINI JCW Hatch with 231 HP to Take on Audi S1
14 Feb 2014, 14:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you opened this story hoping to read about cool colors and wheels, you're going to be in for a surprise. We're actually reporting about an all-out war between the superpowers of German ...
XCAR Explains Why JCW Is Not Just a Badge
29 Jan 2014, 13:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Today a lot of people claim that certain upgrades for your car are useless and that they are mostly visual tweaks, having nothing to do with actual performance. That may be the case for some bran...
Picking the Perfect Convertible: MINI JCW or 500 Abarth?
29 Jan 2014, 10:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / I know that in some places of the world there’s a blistering blizzard like none you’ve ever seen before. The East Coast of the US can confirm and so can the old continent but it’s ...
MINI JCW Hatch Gets DSG Gearbox and Audi Engine
23 Jan 2014, 14:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / I guess the movie "I, Frankenstein" was a big success in Germany, as tuner Mcchip decided to create a car worthy of the attention of the famous doctor. This orange monster used to be a ...
XCAR Looks Over the MINI Cooper JCW Roadster
22 Dec 2013, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The videos the guys from XCAR make can hardly be called reviews. They take their time in creating them and putting together not only a short clip showcasing the exterior design of the car and ...
MINI USA Introduces JCW Performance Parts for Cooper Range
3 Oct 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In case you didn't know, similar to the BMW M Performance Parts program, MINI has its own John Cooper Works Performance parts available for various MINI Cooper models. The MINI JCW Performan...