Πολλά νέα μοντέλα παρουσίασε σήμερα η MINI. Μετά τα Cooper SD και Clubman 50 Hampton, οι Άγγλοι ανακοίνωσαν και δύο νέα πακέτα John Cooper Works.
Το πρώτο John Cooper Works πακέτο είναι διαθέσιμο στα μοντέλα Cooper, Cooper S Hardtop και Convertible, το οποίο θα είναι διαθέσιμο από το δεύτερο τετράμηνο του 2011, και περιλαμβάνει νέο bodykit με νέες ποδιές μπροστά και πίσω, πλαϊνά side skirts και ελαφριές αλουμινένιες ζάντες 17″. Στο εσωτερικό ξεχωρίζει το νέο δερμάτινο τιμόνι με κόκκινες ραφές. Δερμάτινα είναι επίσης ο λεβιές των ταχυτήτων και η λαβή του χειρόφρενου με κόκκινες ραφές και αυτά. Στις πόρτες έχουνε τοποθετηθεί μαρσπιέ με το λογότυπο JCW.
Το πακέτο περιλαμβάνει το Dynamic Traction Control (DTC), το οποίο βελτιώνει το σύστημα ευστάθειας. Διαθέτει επίσης το σύστημα EDLC (Electronic Differential Lock Control) που σε συνδυασμό με το DSC (Dynamic Stability Control), το οποίο βρίσκεται στον στάνταρ εξοπλισμό, το αυτοκίνητο βελτιώνει κατά πολύ την οδηγική του συμπεριφορά.
Το δεύτερο πακέτο είναι διαθέσιμο για τα Cooper S Hardtop, Convertible, Clubman και διαθέτει επαναπρογραμματισμένη ECU και νέο ελεύθερο σύστημα εισαγωγής αέρα. Οι αλλαγές αυτές προσθέτουν στον 1600αρη turbo κινητήρα 16 άλογα, αποδίδοντας πλέον 200 άλογα με στις 5.700 σ.α.λ με 250 Nm ροπής από τις 1.250 σ.α.λ έως τις 5.000 σ.α.λ (η ροπή μπορεί να φτάσει έως και τα 270 Nm στην λειτουργία Overboost). 
Τα 0-100 χλμ/ώρα το MINI Cooper S τα κάνει σε 6.8 δευτερόλεπτα με την τελική ταχύτητα να αγγίζει τα 234 χλμ/ώρα
Όλα τα μοντέλα διαθέτουν sport εξάτμιση με σιγαστήρα, χρωμιομένες απολήξεις και ζάντες 18″ Cross Spoke Red Stripe. Περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες στις φωτογραφίες και στο δελτίο τύπου που ακολουθεί.
MINI Cooper John Cooper Works Paket
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Racing genes ex-works: The John Cooper Works Pack for the MINI and MINI Convertible.
MINI also offers models and options under the John Cooper Works product brand, giving customers everything they need to enjoy extreme driving fun and express their passion for racing. A John Cooper Works Pack has now been developed for the MINI and MINI Convertible, offering components that give the cars a head-turning sporting allure – both technically and stylistically. The model-specific interior and exterior components optimise the handling of the MINI and ensure it delivers an impressive visual impact. The John Cooper Works Pack is due to be available from the second quarter of 2011 as a factory-fit option.
Key to giving the cars fitted with the John Cooper Works Pack their imposing appearance is the aerodynamics package, which lends the front, rear and flanks of the MINI and MINI Convertible an undeniably sporting flavour. The black border around the lower part of the body is highlighted particularly clearly at the front and rear by a centrally positioned indentation. The inner section of the surrounds for the positioning lights or foglamps on the outer edges of the front apron feature horizontal slats. Plus, the radiator grille has the same honeycomb structure as the lower air intake. The side skirts continue the dynamic thread, curving inwards with a sweeping flourish and adding a stylised opening at the rear. As part of the aerodynamics package features, the powerfully formed rear apron includes prominent cut-outs at its outer edges which mimic the appearance of the positioning light and foglamp surrounds integrated into the front apron.
The 17-inch weight-optimised light-alloy wheels in John Cooper Works Cross Spoke CHALLENGE design ensure the best possible contact with the road. Moreover, the John Cooper Works Pack comes with the traction mode DTC (Dynamic Traction Control) added to the standard-fitted stability system DSC (Dynamic Stability Control), as well as EDLC (Electronic Differential Lock Control) – the electronically controlled locking function for the driven axle differential. DTC mode, which is activated at the touch of a button, raises the intervention thresholds of the stability control technology, making it easier to pull away on loose sand or snow with a degree of wheel spin. The system also allows controllable slip through the driven wheels under particularly sporty cornering. The EDLC system assists a sporty driving style when accelerating out of corners and sharp bends. In tight corners it brakes a spinning driven wheel as required to enhance the car’s traction without adversely affecting its self-steering properties. And that allows the driver to feed the car through corners more smoothly, as well as at greater speed.
The interior components included in the John Cooper Works Pack also play their part in creating a full-blooded driving experience. These include John Cooper Works door entry strips and the John Cooper Works sports leather steering wheel with red contrast stitching. Cars with a manual gearbox are also kitted out with a John Cooper Works gearshift lever with red shift pattern lettering and a leather gaiter with red contrast stitching. Customers specifying a manual gearbox will also find the handbrake gaiter featuring red contrast stitching.
The John Cooper Works Pack is available for all engine variants of the MINI and MINI Convertible and can be combined with eight body colours. The aerodynamics package included as part of the John Cooper Works Pack can also be ordered on its own for the MINI John Cooper Works and MINI John Cooper Works Convertible.
Exclusive to the MINI Cooper S: John Cooper Works Tuning Kit.
The selection of John Cooper Works retrofit options will also welcome some attractive new additions in spring 2011. Customers keen to sample the sporting driving experience in the MINI Cooper S, MINI Cooper S Clubman or MINI Cooper S Convertible in an even more focused form will be able to order their cars with the John Cooper Works Tuning Kit. Performance-optimised engine management and a specifically designed air filter system enable the twin-scroll turbo engine to develop even greater power. Indeed, the maximum output of the four-cylinder unit rises another 12 kW to 147 kW/200 hp at 5,700 rpm. Plus, the driver can call on maximum torque of 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) between 1,250 and 5,000 rpm when some seriously forceful acceleration is required – and this can be raised to as much as 270 Nm (199 lb-ft) between 1,800 and 5,000 rpm courtesy of the Overboost function. All of which means that the MINI Cooper S can sprint from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 6.8 seconds and record a top speed of 234 km/h (145 mph).
The John Cooper Works Tuning Kit includes a model-specific sports silencer with chrome tailpipes, which optimises the exhaust gas discharge and gives the engine sound a particularly sporting note. It is available for retrofitting on all relevant models with manual gearbox produced since March 2010. It meets the MINI brand’s high standards of quality and safety in terms of both design and engineering and is retrofitted, like all John Cooper Works accessories components, by authorised MINI Service Partners. This means that the car’s warranty will remain unaffected.
Another new addition to the John Cooper Works accessories range is the 18-inch Cross Spoke Red Stripe light-alloy wheel variant, which will also be available from spring 2011. The black wheel features the innovative addition of a red trim strip on the wheel rim. This high-quality marking is produced by means of a special painting process, and the colour tone is identical to the red of the painted John Cooper Works brake callipers.
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