- The 2025 Mini Cooper JCW E seems virtually equivalent to the Cooper SE in JCW trim.
- Its energy output is confirmed at 255 hp, which ought to make it about half a second faster to dash than the SE.
- The automotive’s official debut is predicted someday later this fall.
After previewing a camouflaged model of the upcoming Cooper JCW E on the Goodwood Competition of Velocity this 12 months, Mini was planning to formally unveil the mannequin in full someday earlier than the top of 2024. Nevertheless, the most popular model of the brand new electrical Cooper has been revealed to the general public by the Ministry of Trade and Info Expertise (MIIT) in China.
The beforehand speculated energy bump from 215 hp to 255 horsepower is confirmed, as is the truth that it weighs about the identical as the made-in-China 2024 Mini Cooper SE, which we examined not way back. This implies it has that mannequin’s 54.2-kilowatt-hour battery pack with a usable capability of 49.2 kWh.
In Europe, this grants the SE a claimed WLTP vary of as much as 249 miles, however given the JCW’s further efficiency, its vary will likely be barely decrease.
The additional energy (and doubtlessly grippier, extra aggressive tires) ought to enable the JCW to speed up to 62 mph (100 km/h) about half a second faster than the Cooper SE, whose claimed dash time is 6.7 seconds. The JCW continues to be a single-motor, front-wheel-drive automobile, and primarily based on our expertise with the SE, even it has some hassle placing its energy down, so we don’t count on it to be a lot sooner off the road.
As hinted at by the Mini John Cooper Works E Prototype, the manufacturing JCW may have a singular exterior physique equipment, however nothing as excessive because the older gas-burning John Cooper Works GP mannequin with its widened fenders and outsized aero. It has the identical extra aggressive entrance and rear bumpers and aspect skirts because the Cooper SE in JCW trim, together with the massive roof-mounted spoiler.
If the European model is identical because the Chinese language automotive within the pictures, you gained’t be capable to inform the Cooper SE JCW aside from the precise JCW mannequin. The one apparent giveaway is the graphic on the decrease a part of the hatch within the again, which seems like a stylized checkered flag—it will in all probability be an possibility. The automotive within the MIIT pictures additionally seems to have a white-painted rear apron, which, just like the hatch sticker, could possibly be non-compulsory and/or simply for the Chinese language market.
Lovers will be capable to inform the JCW trim aside from the precise mannequin by the totally different wheel design (nonetheless 18 inches, like on the non-JCW mannequin) and the bigger brakes with red-painted calipers. There are additionally some John Cooper Works badges across the automobile, like subsequent to the “Cooper” script on the again, on the 2 sides of the rear wing, and on the grille within the entrance. The prototype additionally had these logos on the decrease a part of the entrance bumper, however they’re not current on the automotive within the pictures from China.
The Cooper JCW could have a decrease experience top than the SE, however MIIT paperwork do not point out it. We additionally don’t get to see the inside, which may characteristic extra body-hugging sportier seats, in addition to different sporty particulars you’ll anticipate finding on the recent model of a mannequin.
