JCW Countryman?

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  1. Nathan

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    JCW Countryman? Sounds like a chain clothing store you'd find at your local shopping mall, but to automotive enthusiasts – Mini aficionados especially – it could only mean one thing: a performance-oriented version of Mini's just-released crossover.

    While the thought of the vaunted John Cooper Works badge being applied to a crossover might seem like sacrilege, that's exactly what Bimmer fans – including those within the company – thought before the debut of the M versions of the X5 and X6 crossovers, and that hasn't stopped those models from reaching production. In the shadow of the oddball X6 M, suddenly a JCW Countryman doesn't seem so strange, now does it?

    Considering that the base Countryman's turbo four already churns out 184 horsepower (compared to the 172 hp Cooper S hatch), a Works-prepared Countryman could surpass even the JCW Cooper's 211-hp output, driving through all four wheels. Rather interestingly, more than that could put the Countryman into Subaru WRX territory, but we'll likely have to wait a while to see it come to fruition (if it does at all), with sources pegging its potential release in about two years' time.

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    JCW Countryman

    :confused::confused5: 2yrs?!?!?! What happened to 2011 release? Don't tell me. They were talking about Christmas 2011,right?:mad5: Jason
     
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    Well JCW kits have always taken a little longer than the actual car. R56 owners had to wait a while before the JCW equipped S's were available.

    If this comes to fruition, it has the potential to be one of the better performers which I find quite amusing. AWD + more horsepower without being TOO much bigger? Nice!
     

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