Mini will use the 2024 Goodwood Pageant 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 most recent Cooper has been launched with each electrical and fuel powertrains, and the JCW grade can even provide each powertrain sorts. The formal debut will happen this fall.
The fuel and electrical variations of the newest Cooper are primarily based on separate platforms. Whereas the fuel variations use a warmed over model of the platform underpinning the previous-generation Cooper, the electrical variations are primarily based on a brand new devoted EV platform developed by Mini in partnership with Nice Wall Motors. This distinction can even be true for the JCWs.
Mini hasn’t offered 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, through an 8-speed computerized transmission.
Mini John Cooper Works E prototype to debut at 2024 Goodwood Pageant of Pace
The electrical JCW will seemingly mix a 54.2-kwh battery, the largest battery presently fitted to the electrical Cooper, with a single electrical motor on the entrance axle. The electrical Cooper presently tops out with the 215-hp Cooper SE grade, and the JCW will virtually actually ship extra efficiency.
Mini has solely introduced the fuel Cooper for the U.S. market. It arrives in showrooms later this 12 months as a 2025 mannequin, initially in base Cooper and sporty Cooper S grades.
All variations of the electrical Cooper are inbuilt China solely, which means mporting them to the U.S. will entice steep tariffs. Because of this, Mini is more likely 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 presently scheduled for 2026.
