2008 Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works - Car and Driver
In the last generation of the Mini, the John Cooper Works package underwent a slow evolution. For its last hurrah, JCW created the Grand Prix kit, a limited-edition model that deleted the back seat in favor of a strut-tower brace and boosted the horsepower to 215. Mini is starting back at the bottom of the scale with the next JCW package,... Current Mini owners can drop their car by the dealer any time to retrofit the kit, which will still be covered for the remainder of their car's warranty. But that's just what the 2008 Mini Cooper S JCW gets: 17 more horses, from the Cooper S's 172 to 189. This conservative gain is the sort of weekend tweak you might do on a lazy six- or twelve-pack Saturday in your driveway: a sport exhaust, an air... Like the Porsche 911 Turbo, the JCW package gives the Cooper S's turbocharged 1. 6-liter four-cylinder an "overboost" function that allows the engine to temporarily produce a higher torque peak of 199 pound-feet under full throttle versus the... To that end, the Mini Cooper S JCW gets unique body-colored side skirts as well as front and rear fascias. Source: www.caranddriver.com
