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MINI’s best car has a BIG problem

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This is the new MINI John Cooper Works!

If you're in the marketplace for a petrol-powered front-wheel drive three-door hot hatch, then you remain in luck! This is the only one offered to purchase new in the UK today. The concern is, how does this brand-new MINI JCW compare to its predecessor? And should you pick it over rivals like the Hyundai i20 N? It's time to take a more detailed look.

When it comes to the outside style, there are a couple of modifications over the standard MINI Cooper. In advance, there's a revamped grille with a checkered flag effect and a more aggressive front bumper. The car we have here also has stripes throughout the bonnet, although they're a ₤ 200 choice. Along the side, there are red brake callipers, a two-tone roof, and two-tone surrounds for the side mirrors. At the back, there's a big roofing system spoiler, a revamped diffuser, and a central, single exhaust pipe.

On the within, the car is nearly identical to the standard MINI Cooper. There's some JCW badging and stainless steel pedals, however otherwise, it's basically identical! That's no bad thing, though – it has a number of distinct functions and functions, and the seats are pretty comfortable. The highlight is the large, circular infotainment screen, which is bright and pretty responsive. We're not sure it's the very best operating system, though …

When it concerns the engine, the JCW has the very same 2-litre 4-cylinder turbo as the basic MINI Cooper. However, in this circumstances, it produces 231hp and 380Nm – 27hp & 80Nm more than the standard vehicle. It likewise includes a dual-clutch automatic transmission.

The MINI JCW begins with ₤ 33,265, while the car we have here has actually a number of choices fitted to it, and expenses ₤ 36,350. So is it worth it? Or are you better off purchasing a used alternative rather? Stick to Mat to see for yourself!

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:41 History
01:24 Engine
01:51 0-60mph
02:45 Brakes
03:14 Rate
03:47 JCW Upgrades
05:38 Interior
07:36 Rear seats
08:17 Boot
09:28 Frustrating Features
10:51 Driving
13:25 Decision

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80 responses to “MINI’s best car has a BIG problem”

  1. @carwow Avatar
    @carwow

    Change your car with Carwow: https://bit.ly/-Change-Your-Car-2107

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    1. @DamarFadlan25 Avatar
      @DamarFadlan25

      The 2025 Mini Cooper looks really good like F355 FERRARI.

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    2. @Figheroaea Avatar
      @Figheroaea

      Just a flashy piece of crap.

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@Figheroaeabut still manageable compared to TVR GRIFFITH 500.

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    4. @rikkegram3338 Avatar
      @rikkegram3338

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    5. @rikkegram3338 Avatar
      @rikkegram3338

      JESUS IS KING❤

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  2. @Mellow6996 Avatar
    @Mellow6996

    0:17 Yaris 😄

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    1. @panaroux Avatar
      @panaroux

      Assuming you’re in about the GR? It’s defo not Front wheel drive buddy…lower trims of the Yaris aren’t really “hot hatch” material haha

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    2. @nomolun Avatar
      @nomolun

      @@panaroux yes, they must be talking about the GR. But as you say, it is AWD, not FWD

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    3. @DamarFadlan25 Avatar
      @DamarFadlan25

      The Yaris GR actually is very fast like GR COROLLA.

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    4. @tatajelmer Avatar
      @tatajelmer

      @@panaroux he obviously meant the car in the pixelated shot, clearly a GR Yaris.

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    5. @lasskinn474 Avatar
      @lasskinn474

      well it’s just a matter of what you call a HOT hatch. but really its the 3 door thing that makes it hard since vw does almost everything 5 doors now and hyundai too. the extra doors don’t add any price practically so might just as well.

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  3. @Asdasty Avatar
    @Asdasty

    The JCW actually does have 2 exhaust pipes. But only one of them is visible. The second one is hidden under the car. No idea why they went that, as the twin exhaust pipes became iconic over the years.

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    1. @DamarFadlan25 Avatar
      @DamarFadlan25

      Is the JCW Mini Cooper can do engine swap?

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    2. @funtik0609 Avatar
      @funtik0609

      @@DamarFadlan25I don’t think a v12 would fit in my friend

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    3. @bokiNYC Avatar
      @bokiNYC

      😂😂👍

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    4. @ShadowBend Avatar
      @ShadowBend

      With Mini focusing on electric cars, my theory is they thought one tail pipe looked “greener”. The dual tip exhaust has been an S staple since Gen 1. Although that one tip on the new one may be as large as the two on my R53.

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    5. @Asdasty Avatar
      @Asdasty

      ​@ShadowBend possibly yes. Infact on the new cooper S, it now has no visible exhaust tips too, while the previously F56, R56 and R53 S all had two tips. And thats also one of their sporty models.
      While we have some manufacturers adding fake tips to make the car seem like theres more exhaust tips, mini is removing them. Strange times

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  4. @ItsERROLL Avatar
    @ItsERROLL

    0:19 GR Yaris

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    1. @Tj-kn1kj Avatar
      @Tj-kn1kj

      Key word front wheel drive

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    2. @tatajelmer Avatar
      @tatajelmer

      @Tj-kn1kj the blurred car is a GR Yaris.

      Reply
  5. @prathamashish1936 Avatar
    @prathamashish1936

    4:17 rip bee 🐝

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    1. @flinggYT Avatar
      @flinggYT

      Lmao

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    2. @mohammedalhammadi3547 Avatar
      @mohammedalhammadi3547

      The epic focus on details … mad respect

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  6. @heyhomylord Avatar
    @heyhomylord

    As a MINI & Mini driver I am glad they preserved the heritage by having the car go mental and occasionally not perform when required.

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    1. @timmotsoeneng3422 Avatar
      @timmotsoeneng3422

      😂😂😂

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    2. @El_Negro2003 Avatar
      @El_Negro2003

      How Mini are you?

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    3. @mariusrobin55 Avatar
      @mariusrobin55

      this comes from someone who wants to defend his garbage somehow😂

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    4. @Blossom_10.24 Avatar
      @Blossom_10.24

      🤭

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  7. @THEGOLDENYETI Avatar
    @THEGOLDENYETI

    The rear of this car is definitely Not a win

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    1. @adiohead Avatar
      @adiohead

      Yep, looks cheap.

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    2. @krxzyD Avatar
      @krxzyD

      Looks melted and horrible will make children cry on a school run.

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@adioheaddespite its cheap, its features still quite outdated compared to GT BY CITROEN.

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    4. @TurbochargedReviews6 Avatar
      @TurbochargedReviews6

      It is a win

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    5. @TurbochargedReviews6 Avatar
      @TurbochargedReviews6

      ​@@krxzyDit looks amazing hater

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  8. @Car-crazy Avatar
    @Car-crazy

    Regardless of how good it is or isn’t not having physicsl controls and having to use that stupid round screen to operate everything is a big no.
    All done for cost cutting. Bring back physical switches and knobs. No one wants a touch screen to operate everything.

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    1. @cenciende9401 Avatar
      @cenciende9401

      I mean he literally showed plenty of physical switches, unusual ones at that, but most stuff being on the screen is standard these days

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    2. @OkayJose Avatar
      @OkayJose

      It’s also for aesthetics

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@OkayJoseand best of all, drivability.

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  9. @nickhoughton7025 Avatar
    @nickhoughton7025

    £850 a month to borrow a Mini!!?

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    1. @cenciende9401 Avatar
      @cenciende9401

      No different to leasing any car, leasing will never make any sense to me

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    2. @planespeaking Avatar
      @planespeaking

      Bad residuals

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Should’ve been only £650.

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    4. @lee-r56 Avatar
      @lee-r56

      ​@@cenciende9401I lease a new Cooper S also for two years for less than half the quoted number here. That few dozen horses and handful of options can’t be worth 9+ grand.

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    5. @FoXy-gr2hb Avatar
      @FoXy-gr2hb

      In NL you can lease a used C 63 AMG for that much money. So you can get a nice car with a twin turbo V8 or a mini cooper. I know what I’d choose.

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  10. @CarlizWang Avatar
    @CarlizWang

    I hear people complain about power figures in new cars. One of the reasons why modern turbo engines produce less power than old ones is due to emission regulations, they have to make loads of down low torque. Smaller turbos can give you that but fades off at the top end.

    My old 2008 Mazda 3 MPS has 260hp but it’s slow as a brick below 4000 rpm, while this mini seems to pick up right from the get go.

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      2006 MazdaSpeed 3 also has same traits.

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    2. @ringbimmer Avatar
      @ringbimmer

      My Swift 1.4 has 330nm at 2700 rpm. At 950 kilo it’s a rocket, but after 5000 rpm you better shift 😅

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    3. @Marz2695 Avatar
      @Marz2695

      Honda entered the chat

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  11. @richieduck67 Avatar
    @richieduck67

    No dash or dials in front of the driver with only that big circular screen would bug the he’ll out of me.

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    1. @theone1and1 Avatar
      @theone1and1

      Definitely one of the worst modern trends tbh. Though it looks like it has a HUD?

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    2. @TheFreakonhell Avatar
      @TheFreakonhell

      ​@@theone1and1 Definitely has an HUD

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    3. @_Atomic_impact Avatar
      @_Atomic_impact

      HUD in mini is a cheap piece of plastic that shows close to zero info. Zero added value 😅 i got it as a rental 😢

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    4. @phrozenonetwo Avatar
      @phrozenonetwo

      Yeah, I was in the market for a fun hot hatch and it fits all the boxes for me but in the end that display was the thing that made me skip it after test driving it.

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    5. @shanj3913 Avatar
      @shanj3913

      @@_Atomic_impact not really no, the hud shows the speed, speed limit of the road, cruise control/limiter info, directional arrows if you use the built in nav and most importantly, you can scroll through your songs on the display if you’re using carplay/android auto… if you want more cluttered info on that little panel, put your phone there 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

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  12. @jessescalia-gy5qv Avatar
    @jessescalia-gy5qv

    After seeing the new updated jcw I made a vow to keep my 2020 model as long as possible.
    The back and new dashboard can get in the bin.

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    1. @JaySmith-kq2jq Avatar
      @JaySmith-kq2jq

      Agree, got a Mini Electric 2021, so far so good. Will not get the newer one as they are also made in China.

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    2. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@JaySmith-kq2jqMini Electric 2021 basically quite a bargain to purchase.

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    3. @morepower1989 Avatar
      @morepower1989

      Every owner of the previous gen will say theirs is better, it’s always been like that with all the cars ever produced. Never heard – oh the new one is so much bettter than mine. The best car is the one you’re currently driving.

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  13. @RaifRaif85 Avatar
    @RaifRaif85

    At least it makes the R53 R56 and F56 more desirable

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    1. @MyVVay Avatar
      @MyVVay

      My thinking, especially the manual ones..

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    2. @ShadowBend Avatar
      @ShadowBend

      Sure makes me happy with my R53. Not offering a manual in the new one is crazy. I don’t mind a good dual clutch, but JCW needs a stick.

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    3. @HuhWhat101 Avatar
      @HuhWhat101

      Yes it does, the first couple of generations were really fun to drive, and they looked part too

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    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@ShadowBendR53 and even Vectra GSi looks quite better than Mini Cooper JCW 2025 spec.

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    5. @KaiThouKing Avatar
      @KaiThouKing

      Very happy with my R56 but I love the interior of this one but it’s making me like the F series more

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  14. @eedoamitay3341 Avatar
    @eedoamitay3341

    Matt, I get that you have to do things to get more views, like changing the thumbnail and stuff, but can we please not change the titles of the videos? This is getting to be very deceiving and it’s not very nice to your audience. We are here, we love your content, and you have over 10 million subscribers – there is no need for these things.

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    1. @issammelzi728 Avatar
      @issammelzi728

      He doesn’t run the channel or choose the titles. And the team behind carwow doesn’t either, not manually anyway. Youtube gives you the option to A/B test 3 diffrent titles and thumbnails hence why it keeps changing for you, after the test is done, one title and thumbnail is chosen and it doesn’t change

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    2. @lucimon97 Avatar
      @lucimon97

      Why is that deceiving? Youtube even has built-in tools for A/B testing different titles to see how they perform. If this is your dayjob you want your work to reach as large an audience as possible, if a title doesn’t resonate, changing it seems fair to me.

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  15. @h1jjy Avatar
    @h1jjy

    Big mini fan and even owned a Gen1 JCW (wish I didn’t sell it). Something not talked about much is how this is just a heavy facelift of the Gen3 mini. Only the electric ones are a new car, hence the door handles.
    All the petrol minis have the same 2L engine just with different power outputs.
    Now the letterbox inlet has gone the only way to tell a JCW from a Cooper Sport is the red trim on the front bumper, red brakes (the cooper sports now have black JCW ones) and the rear center exhaust

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Gen 1 JCW MINI still a bit more superior.

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    2. @AB-in-AB Avatar
      @AB-in-AB

      It os crazy how nobody notices this! They clearly designed the generation to be electric only, then figured that nobody is buying it and then fitted some new parts on the old F56 and co. Apart from the door handles the windscreen angle is very different between the real new generation and the old rehashed one

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  16. @CaptainKedah Avatar
    @CaptainKedah

    @2:07mins – That Road you were testing 0-60 is soo Bad, the Car went into Limp Mod thinking you were Crashing.

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  17. @Old-Bald-and-Grumpy Avatar
    @Old-Bald-and-Grumpy

    1:52 So 0-60 mph is 5.5s+12 sec for settings. Total 17 seconds.

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    1. @studiocalder818 Avatar
      @studiocalder818

      😂

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  18. @andrewfossatti4937 Avatar
    @andrewfossatti4937

    I miss the JCW clubman😢… shame they discontinued it.

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  19. @Evieeve-m4u Avatar
    @Evieeve-m4u

    Every older Mini owner I know has experienced reliability issues.

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    1. @sak89461 Avatar
      @sak89461

      And this will be reliable in 20 years?

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    2. @davopan2012 Avatar
      @davopan2012

      bot

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    3. @henryplumb-e3v Avatar
      @henryplumb-e3v

      mine broke down after 7 years a refused to start for some reason

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  20. @Machines.In.Action Avatar
    @Machines.In.Action

    I love how the JCW retains its performance roots with the 2.0L turbocharged engine, but the lack of a manual option is a bummer! It’s like sacrificing a bit of the driving experience for convenience!

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