Mini will use the 2024 Goodwood Competition of Pace working within the U.Okay. from July 11-14 to current a prototype of its upcoming John Cooper Works E, the brand new high-performance model of the electrical Cooper hatch.
The newest Cooper has been launched with each electrical and fuel powertrains, and the JCW grade may also provide each powertrain varieties. The formal debut will happen this fall.
The fuel and electrical variations of the newest Cooper are based mostly on separate platforms. Whereas the fuel variations use a warmed over model of the platform underpinning the previous-generation Cooper, the electrical variations are based mostly on a brand new devoted EV platform developed by Mini in partnership with Nice Wall Motors. This distinction may also be true for the JCWs.
Mini hasn’t supplied any specs for the JCWs, however the fuel model ought to include its predecessor’s 2.0-liter turbo-4, maybe with a bit extra horsepower than the older mannequin’s 228-hp ranking. Drive ought to go to the entrance wheels solely, by way of an 8-speed automated transmission.
Mini John Cooper Works E prototype to debut at 2024 Goodwood Competition of Pace
The electrical JCW will possible mix a 54.2-kwh battery, the most important battery at the moment fitted to the electrical Cooper, with a single electrical motor on the entrance axle. The electrical Cooper at the moment tops out with the 215-hp Cooper SE grade, and the JCW will nearly definitely ship extra efficiency.
Mini has solely introduced the fuel Cooper for the U.S. market. It arrives in showrooms later this yr as a 2025 mannequin, initially in base Cooper and sporty Cooper S grades.
All variations of the electrical Cooper are in-built China solely, which means mporting them to the U.S. will entice steep tariffs. Because of this, Mini is prone to wait till manufacturing of the EVs is added to the automaker’s plant within the U.Okay., the place the fuel variations are constructed. That is at the moment scheduled for 2026.
