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The Coupé is being aggressively marketed as the sportiest mini thus far, with "go-kart like handling". If we had any doubts about those claims, they were erased by a couple of hot laps riding shotgun in the 250-hp, 24-Hour Nürburgring JCW coupe race car, a genuine, raucously nasty, stripped GT racer featuring a twin-scroll turbocharger, adjustable shocks, a welded roll cage and an adjustable rear wing.
The MINI Cooper Coupé is built in Oxford, Britain, with a convertible version called the Roadster to follow in spring of 2012.
Prices start at $25,950 for the Cooper Coupé, $31,150 for Cooper S Coupé and $38,400 for the JCW (compared to $23,950, $28,950 and $36,900 for the Hatch model).
The Coupé is being aggressively marketed as the sportiest mini thus far, with "go-kart like handling". If we had any doubts about those claims, they were erased by a couple of hot laps riding shotgun in the 250-hp, 24-Hour Nürburgring JCW coupe race car, a genuine, raucously nasty, stripped GT racer featuring a twin-scroll turbocharger, adjustable shocks, a welded roll cage and an adjustable rear wing.
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| Prices start at $25,950 for the Cooper Coupé, $31,150 for Cooper S Coupé and $38,400 for the JCW. (Photo: Lesley Wimbush/Auto123.com) |
The MINI Cooper Coupé is built in Oxford, Britain, with a convertible version called the Roadster to follow in spring of 2012.
Prices start at $25,950 for the Cooper Coupé, $31,150 for Cooper S Coupé and $38,400 for the JCW (compared to $23,950, $28,950 and $36,900 for the Hatch model).
2012 MINI Cooper John Cooper Works
2012 MINI Cooper John Cooper Works
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