2019 Mini Cooper JCW Review - The Best Hot Hatch?!
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2019
- This is the New 2019 refreshed Mini Cooper JCW! The Mini JCW is a car that has evolved over the years and this is the latest instalment from John Cooper Works. The 2019 Mini JCW reviewed in this video packs a punch. 230bhp and 0-60 in 6.3 seconds. The sound of this thing is great. this does not have the pro exhaust but believe me the exhaust sound and the cars acceleration are impressive! I hope you enjoy this first drive review of the new 2019 Mini JCW (John cooper works).
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Ive had an M5 & RS4, still can't beat a performance Mini very nipping around in the City!
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I hear a lot of people hate on this car, and every single one of them have never driven it. It's a blast. One of the best hot hatches you can buy. My dad has had a few Porsches, and this car felt more fun than either of them.
I don’t like it. I have driven it - several different JCWs. I have owned a modded R57 JCW which was really good, I wanted to like the new one but I can’t, it has lost its soul.
Thanks for a useful, comprehensive review. Brilliant!
Hey mate, F56 JCW owner here, you can move the arm rest down at quite a steep angle to make changing easier whilst retaining the comfort. In fact the only downside to that is access to the handbreak but it's a non issue for me.
If you ditch the runflats the steering feel is a lot better. I feel like you're really punished if you don't have the weight shifted aggressively onto the front wheels when you turn into a corner. This means you sort of need to be driving it really hard or really gently to get the best dynamics out of the car. If you drive it quickly but you're not pushing it the steering seems to under-steer then snap over-steer a little on the uptake.
Edit: The Cup wheels (which I have) may extenuate this feel a bit more, but it probably applies to the smaller wheels too. I actually had a modified abarth comp before this which didn't have this problem, and I'm assuming this is due to the mech LSD which the mini doesn't come with which is a massive shame.
Great insight. Thanks man 🙌
Ditto... was about to type the same thing....
how do you move it down?
@@carminered The same way you move it up, you just move it down instead...
@@ehhhh9287 thank you
My next car! Love this video ❤❤
Great vlog this mate 👍🏻 keep pushing the new video's Stef 📽️ I've never been in the new mini yet but it's good to see how they handle
Great video stef! I have the F57 JCW Convertible 17 plate and I love it! The popping and banging with roof down is amazing! Keep up the great videos mate 🏁👍🏼
Thank you so much! Mega cars
As a jcw owner I note the annoyance with the arm rest. If you put it all the way down then push the height adjuster on the front it will go lower clearing your elbow for better gear shifts.Only down side is you have to lift it again to put the hand break on.
But hey when hooning about on a B road who needs to but the hand break on
That’s a brilliant little car that 😍
Excellent review of this amazing car! Now I understand how they created a new generation of BMW 1 series! Good luck!
Thanks man
Great review, love the JCW Mini, possible future purchase
This video is sooooo good and it's a manual!!
Love those rear lights! They look so cool :)
Just found your channel.....
I think it's Great! I will always love these cars... the JCW's are so Good!!
Thank you!
4.29 I was like WTF quite long rear wiper till I saw it was a tree🤣
I like how the cruise control set/cancel/res toggle on the steering wheel was flipped. I sometimes will turn mine on with my hand accidentally if your gripping and turning just right.
Always Like for You Stef!👍👍👍
Thanks buddy
What a stunning little motor 👌my dream hot hatch👍
Well balanced review Stef, I’ve owned eight MINIS since the early 2000’s (four JCWs & a GP2). I had one of the first F56 JCW hatches & personally I couldn’t get on with the steering, it always seemed lacking & the armrest was a pain until I realised it could be pushed down giving better access to the gear stick. Have to say the new facelift looks really good in that colour but I’m pondering the Clubman with 300 bhp as a daily.
I am concidering the Clubman also It sounds like a potential animal... I love my F56 though... might concider adding the Clubvman JCW and keep the F56 as a project car...
WOW, BLUE!!!
Yes yes yes such a fun car!! The one we reviewed has a JCW PRO exhaust!! The sounds on video don't do justice.. in real its insane
I have the cooper S and the only thing letting it down was the exhaust but now I have the JCW pro exhaust and its unreal
ive fallen in love with this car
I just got one !!!! It’s great !!!
Love 💓 it from Australia 🇦🇺.
That's a great spec by the way!
Hello Aaron, I am a subscriber of your channel, great videos by the way. Didn’t expect to see you here in the comments section
Not in my opinion, but they’re still really awesome cars 👌🏻
Love the 💙the blue 🏁🇦🇺
Love the 🇬🇧 taillights
Nice review and nice car👍 like mini's
Cheers man
Bought my son the 1499GT, has the JCW interior and its awesome. He will have to wait till he can pay for and insure a proper JCW. not quick the 1499 A’s it has the one engine .... but I do love it 😂😂
Nice 1080p, which cam do you use
Good to see some different hot hatch reviews. If you’re reviewing hot hatches be good to see you review the Fk2 and fk8 civic type r and the New Megane and Hyundai i30n.
the first gen r50/r53 models were originally designed by mini and then bmw tweaked the design. so, when people say its not really a mini....it actually is because thats the direction mini would've taken if bmw had not taken over the brand. I have a 2004 R50 mini but, it has the jcw engine tune fitted by mini at build and the chrono pack which you dont see very often on r50's. its tiny compared to the r56/f56 models.
Fantastic
Great review. You look a bit like Jimmy Broadbent!!
Hey stef great review man .....made me order one 😂 this colour too .
Due to go to build anytime now.
The extras are very expensive which was disappointing so I've opted for manual.
Awesome mate! You will enjoy it :) 🙌🙌🙌
very expensive considering they have split them up into "packs"...I also went for manual, in rebel green, with just the 'comfort pack' added...despite it being a top-of-the-range Mini, my girlfriend's Citroen C3 still has more toys haha.
The road from Wemyss Bay to Largs is a very good track for the JCW 😉
Oooh, that turbo noise at the start... *goes weak at the knees*
Beast
My goal is to get mini Clubman JCW. I love clubman.
Hi Stef, now you have some idea why we moved from Abarth to Cooper S with full works pack. It’s a class product. Loving the review. And no, we don’t have the armrest ;o)
Unbelievable car, wouldn’t go without one now. Same spec as mine, not sure if it’s worth the Lohen upgrades yet
Well I was going to get the JCW model before this but now I have seen they have put the speedo back where it should be when you get the nav, I think I'm going to have to reach into my pocket a little more.
How does the Jcw compare to your previous car the abarth?
Question: of course that it's faster than an Abarth but, about to get fun, what do you think?
Just purchased mine and can’t stop mashing the pedal! It’s small but feels like a tank, the doors especially feel heavy when opening and closing so you feel safe.
I test drove this. it was awesome. The one I test drove, had an ECU limiter taken off? I can't remember what the dealership said exactly but it had 280 hp. Such a nice add on they give you. For a price anyway. I settled with a BRZ ts though
Love the new mini range but the WLTP regs have messed up the sound track of the car. Have reviewed a few and the 2018 with the pro tuning kit was mega and my friends modified JCW with 305bhp and Remus cat back sounded even better. Great video again and probably bump into you at FOS
Yep, my 2016 has the Pro tuning kit with Pro exhaust, and it sounds amazing. Makes me laugh every time!
Thanks man. Yeah I will be at FOS 🙌
Racer Designs I only had it for a weekend to review but was mega
Do you think the Alfa giulietta veloce is as fun as the mini jcw ?
Hi Stef. Nice review. Only recently I started to like Mini's.
What I find funny is that the hazards flashing lights was introduced by Abarth (if I am not wrong) and now a few other manufacturers are also doing the same. Well, at least the first time I have ever seen that feature in a car was with an Abarth. I know some reviewers were picking on that and saying it was stupid, pointless and anoying but others are following. It is a good thing though and for safety reasons to warn the driver behind you.
And about manual or automatic...I would only buy an automatic if the car I want has no manual.
Take care buddy
Thanks man. Yeah think lots are doing this now 😂
@@StefABtv Hi again mate. But Abarth was the first one doing that right?
I have seen so many reviewers criticizing Abarth and pointing that out as a downside and as an "anoying" thing and you know how people normally are towards the italians...the kamikaze them down for no reason at all.
Take care and thanks for your reply
I have a 2015 Cooper JCW... Running 280bhp.. Freaking awesome to drive!!! My Loan term is up in December, was planning to keep it and then work on a few things like Eventuri Air Filter which will activate the bonnet scoop and unlease about 15bhp, Differential and Decent Coilovers.
I saw that the new JCW Clubman is coming with 306bph! Boasting 4.9 0 to 60. From what I was told it is a double clutch also if you get the paddle shift. Anyhow this is where I feel the Cooper should be performance wise, I have not heard anything to say that this is the direction they will take it either. They are putting the same spec Clubman engine into the new GP2 why not the Cooper? Not everybody Track days their cars!!! The Clubman's engine is a different spec 2.0 than the one in the curremt Cooper JCW. which why they've got the big increase in power i guess. Aftermarket tinkering should get you another 40bhp, with no problems, which would be juicy...
Defo considering the clubman but love my Cooper also...
Clubman look awful
That centre armrest is great for long runs.
Pull armrest lever to lower it, issue resolved. :D
just add the sunroof and it is superrrr......good colour too
Just got one of these identical to the one in your video while my mondeo i getting some crash damage repairs. When I was told I would be getting a mini I thought oh well its only for about 11 days it'll do. What I wasn't expecting not that I knew what one was, a jcw. I now know. I'm having as much fun with it as you were. The one I have hasn't got a armrest. To me the obvious fault is the speedo. We in Britain have amongst others, a 30 50 and 70mph limits. Yet these numbers are (to me ) ridiculously missing. So a quick glance at the speedo means it takes a little longer to register if you're breaking the limit, and you will be in this car. Other than that its a bit cramped in the foot well and has a feeling of being hemmed in due to its small size. Would I change my mondeo for one. No. The fords to good a car. But we have two cars and it'll soon time to change the peogeot 3008. And a jcw will be at the top of my list.
Wow, whats that gear sound at 0:46??
Getting a cooper s sport in this colour in an auto option
How did you manage to change gear at 3.42 without using you hands? I also noticed an interior shot with and auto gear lever. Also you can tilt the armrest down by lifting the front latch and pushing downward.
Hi, do you remember (or can find out) which color this is?
Dimitris Anagnostopoulos pretty sure it’s called “Starlight Blue”
Is it the stock exhaust ? Ty and cool video :)
Yep it’s stock
Mate, did you know that you can lower the arm rest? There’s a lever to lower it, which removes the issue entirely. The lever can be mistaken for the opener.
How do you compare this Mini JCW against a Abarth 595 Competizione?
The MINI is better in pretty much every way apart from running costs. The Abarth has a far cheaper interior, is slower, sounds worse and has less tech.
@@l3linkTreel3enster hahaha, clearly never been in one lol
@@billbosh Been in one for the past year, my mum has one. My JCW is far nicer, not saying the Abarth is bad though
@@billbosh the abarth is hopelessly outdated, the chassis and engine are just bad compared to newer hot hatches.
test drove an abarth, really can't see what all the fuss is about.
it looks gorgeous for a city runabout, but that's about it. driving position is just unforgivable too
You can flip the arm rest back out of the way, not hard really.... The one thing I don't like about the 2018 onwards is that they did away with the checker pattern inside,
sup brutha when will u be able to make vids on giulietta and mito velloce
I have a 2017 JCW, the new one has gone up so. Much its insulting... I built one the same spec as the one I have, it cme in at 32,000, mine was 29500, that's quite a jump
Love this car 🙄
Beautiful car and great performance. However that price is already GOLF R range which obviously is far more powerful with all-wheel drive. That is enough to make me pause and think real hard which is the better value altogether. I welcome everyone's opinion.
I was going to buy the Golf R but I didn’t like it, the interior is too boring haha
I bought a MINI John Cooper Works and it’s very good
I just test drove both. I didn’t feel anything with the golf r. Couldn’t hear the engine. But with the mini, I felt it and heard it. I bought the Jcw mini after test driving both. I agree tho the golf r is more powerful but didn’t feel anything when test driving
That centre console if you have a large phone like the iPhone max or the Samsung ultra, it doesn’t fit in that charger compartment.
Damn that blue is sexy. My 2018 is moonwalk grey
can you have it made in your own choice of colours
my parents have one and it’s so sick, it has bucket seats too
Hey man, are there any chance of getting ventilated seats as option on any of the models?
I own a Steptronic JCW Convertible and would never go for the manual. With an auto you get the best of all worlds. Firstly auto with the paddles is brilliantly easy and gives the option to change as and when. If you want the full manual experience minus the clutch then flick the gear stick to the right and you have full manual. Who wants to drive a manual in heavy traffic?! Not me. This is a perfect all round car. This from someone who has had more cars than Arfur Daley, and gets bored after 18 months.I can’t think of any other daily driver I’d want to own.
nice mate, I bought one for the Mrs and fallen in love with it myself. agree on the auto box. what higher end cars would you think would be a step up
Thought these jcw's were like £30k not 23?
0:26 anyone know what car that is?
Alfa romeo 4c
Isn't it a 7 speed manual
I got a r53 2005 Cooper s, amazing car if you get a good one.
Supercharger sounds phenomenal on R53's. Shame that these new Cooper S and JCW's are so expensive to buy. At least R53s are cheap for a fun car
ive got a 2006 R53 Cooper S Checkmate. it's beautiful
@@M17_Max i have an r56 cooper s 2008 found it with 60k on clock and cost £3000 hardly expensive but ye fun car.
@@leemizrahi5977 I meant more the F56s, but I love the R56 shape. Just the N14 that bothers me
@@M17_Max ok fair enough but loads of bargains to be had i mean I don't consider the f56s that expensive for what they are.
Is it more fun than an abarth comp? ;)
Haha. Um, yes.
Wanted to ask this as well, because most people don't seem to think so
You can also lower the armrest
yeah found out after the review lol
Helpful tip: take your foot off the accelerator when you put the clutch down lad
Would you trade a 2018 m240i for one of these?
I certainly wouldn't trade my M140i for one, they're laughably overpriced.
Armrest gets in the way, but you can move it, when you want to rag it?
Er, just move it and put it down when you're cruising,,,, 😕
😂Yeah it can be moved up. For the more spirited driver
I agree, if you push the button the arm rest can be down and then you can drive and change gear much better
I have had my mini for 2 years and have probably used the arm rest for 2 long highway trips. It stays flipped back 99.9% of the time
I got rid of mine as I never used the armrest. Also run an auto and use my left arm to hold on...
Doesn't come with a 19 inch wheels option
Doesn't the refreshed one have 302bhp?
No, not in the cooper.
@@thereallotharmatthae Ah okay, when did the Cooper get the upgrade? I drove the Clubman JCW in 2019 and that was the new 300bhp version
@@CrazyTechLab it did not get the upgrade, that’s what I’m saying. Still 231 hp / 228 bhp. JCW GP3 has the strong er engine, but that’s a limited special edition. My brand new Cooper JCW has the 231 hp engine.
@@thereallotharmatthae Oh I see! I didn’t realise. I was looking at the clubman JCW two years ago and just assumed the Cooper and every other model had the upgrade too.
More and more power but still same 0 to 60....
Please do a review on the 306hp mini JCW due out in a month or so 0-60mph in 4.9 secs.
Wait what, here I was thinking "sigh, why isn't this ~300bhp like all the other hot hatches" and it turns out there will be one like that? How come they're making two variants for this model year?
@@CrArC He means the 2020 GP3. But the JCW Clubman/Countryman now also have 300+BHP :D
Best? Maybe not purely according to the numbers, but yes if your goal is fun.
There’s a new mini with 300bhp and 4 wheel drive !
Clubman all4 jcw?
Got to be a manual box #savethemanual
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I couldn’t buy it with manual box :(
@@RLT124 why?
easter because it wasn’t available in my country
Great car got 2of them old one an a new one there fun fun fun buy a .manual an get rid of the runflat tyres dont buy a golf every bodys got one buy a mini
Umm...$42k...right. 0-60 in 6.2s...hmmm...my $23k 5.6s MazSpeed 3 runs just fine, thanks!
What u will find tho is mini would smash mazda 3 on the track and now with the release of mini j c w GP which is using same block engine as a bmw 135i making over 300 bhp from factor is o-60 in 5.1 and 1/4 mile in 13 secs dead would not only put u to the sword in a straight but it can also smash much more expensive cars with ease . So not sure where yr getting your ideas from comparing what is essentially a heavy shopping trolley vs mini with over 50 years of racing heritage.
Not hating on mazda had rx8 now I drive mini cooper s and nismo 370z but trust people in the know would never choose mazda 3 vs mini best variant which is jcw gp its not a competition its a massacre.
As good as this car is it's hardly as you say in the title, The Best Hot Hatch, not even close
I don't like the seats
8 auto is faster 6.1
5
Your seatbelt is on, Stop checking it!
The character of the car has been "ruined" my f56 2017 cooper s pops & bangs in sport mode at every opportunity!! . The jcw should be even more antisocial if asked to be. The sound now is very disappointing. I definitely won't be going mini again. Such is the curse of wltp!!😡, my next car will definitely be chosen with sound in mind. I can't bear the thought of driving something that sounds like every other 105 bhp disappointment 😖😖
The way you shifted made me dislike the video. Good vid
No the fiesta ST is not this