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Jul 27, 2015 | 01:06 PM

donniedarko

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2016 JCW write up

Thing sounds like a beast.

http://driving.ca/mini/john-cooper-w...n-cooper-works

Jul 28, 2015 | 10:56 AM

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Some of the other reviews that dropped recently:

-->This guy is clearly out of his mind: Automobile Mag

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Originally Posted by Christopher Nelson of Automobilemag

Acceleration feels fairly bleak

After which he writes:

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Originally Posted by Christopher Nelson of Automobilemag

Then we do a burnout. A big burnout, using the emergency brake to hold the car in check as we shift from first to second to third, the cabin filling with delicious-smelling smoke. We emerge from the big synthetic cloud and fall out of the car laughing.

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Originally Posted by Christopher Nelson of Automobilemag

The snub-nosed Mini is lethargic coming down the front straight

but then he contradicts himself again

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Originally Posted by Christopher Nelson of Automobilemag

it’s eager to rev and there’s plenty of grunt

Make up your mind!

Jul 28, 2015 | 11:02 AM

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Jalopnik's unusually wordy review.

Autoblog's take on the JCW

short-take blog on Car and Driver

I didn't know KBB did reviews, huh. Here's theirs. They write a tidbit I hadn't read a number attached to yet. "...plus a decklid spoiler that trims high-speed lift by 30 percent."

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Jul 28, 2015 | 03:16 PM

donniedarko

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I think they are tripping. My moms has a JCW GP and this car with the N18 lump which Ive driven compared to my massaged N14 is a smoother and more robust motor. No way the cars are anything less them the Gp Ive driven and that is one of the funnest cars Ive ever driven. My car is no slouch either. Im very intrigued of the new JCW stuff simply because the old stuff is legit. Ive been looking for a r55 JCW but they are hard to find.