Factory John Cooper Works MINI Cooper S - Production begins next summer!

[coded2112]

Its going to have to be very good to get me out of my GP!

[Washy]

If the new stage one JCW is anything to go by the full fat factory version will be awesome....

[Japper]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hugo (original)

Wonder what the price is going like?

A local dealer has a JCW stage 1 priced at £29K with Recaros, spoiler, Carbon fibre interior, etc.

Yikes

[LMB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hugo (original)

Wonder what the price is going like?

A local dealer has a JCW stage 1 priced at £29K with Recaros, spoiler, Carbon fibre interior, etc.

It proves the GP is the bargain of the century.

[Jaydash]

If a JCW car IS in the pipeline rather than the roll-caged Challenge, won't this basically be a Cooper S with all the kit added? To be honest, I would stick with speccing-up a normal S with brake and engine upgrades, because the stiffer Works suspension absolutely ruined the GP (in my opinion). It's no wonder some mags said a Golf GTI would beat a GP across country, due to the better resolved suspension. I would tend to concur to an extent, having had one and been shocked at the 'skippy' way it rode when driven hard.

[DHA]

Owning both a GP and a GTI I would have to disagree, we on the roads in Surrey anyway. The shorter wheelbase on the GP coupled with the firmer ride makes it a much faster cross country car.

[LMB]

The GP's suspension is SUPERB. I owned a Works prior to purchasing a GP and the difference in the handling was huge.

[Jaydash]

Wasn't the GP suspension absolutely idenitical to the Works suspension? The GP just had all the Works stuff fitted i.e. brakes, suspension, engine upgrade (plus a couple of extra bhp etc)

I agree that the GP goes round corners like it's on rails, but it's established that longer wheelbase cars generally give a better ride. I just found that my car skipped and hopped across uneven road surfaces and was quite a handful - it's probably true that you can drive other, similarly-powerful cars quicker (maybe even 230Bhp ED30 GTIs, which is the car I was referring to...yes, I know it's much heavier).

I don't think we're going to agree though, as you guys are current owners and obviously love your GPs! Fair enough.