We really want to like the new MINI. But we’re finding it pretty hard to do, visually anyway. Yes, it drives well, but its looks aren’t getting any better. In the past the John Cooper Works bodykit (aka JCW aero kit) has made a nice visual improvement over the regular Cooper S bodywork.
But not anymore.
That guppy mouth front-end is just so cumbersome and clunky that even the work experience kid would be ashamed. It had better have some pretty solid wind tunnel numbers behind it, otherwise we cannot see how on earth it ever got signed off. It is hideous!
We got a preview with the JCW concept late last year. Alas, it seems they were serious. Yes, it will look that bad.
In more positive news the MINI JCW should be online for us all to see sometime next month, before making a physical debut at Detroit in early January. That’s when we’ll learn how much power BMW will let MINI play with now that the Cooper S range employs 2.0 litre turbo engines.
The tip is around 170kW/345Nm. If nothing else it will be better to read about the next JCW than it will be to look at.
[Source: MotoringFile | Thanks to Andrew for the tip]
3 replies on “Sadly the MINI JCW bodykit has been spied”
One word: grotesque : (
Urgh. Given the fall in price of the mini range, I was thinking the next JCW could have been my next car. After looking at this though I don’t think I could stand the looks. It looks so big and tall. An absolute abomination.
Vacuum Cleaner!!
The aftermarket front bumpers willl be popular.