{"id":239419,"date":"2010-01-27T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/27\/rumormill-mini-could-produce-john-cooper-works-countryman\/"},"modified":"2010-01-27T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T22:22:00","slug":"rumormill-mini-could-produce-john-cooper-works-countryman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/239419","title":{"rendered":"Rumormill: Mini could produce John Cooper Works Countryman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Performance<\/a>, Crossover<\/a>, Mini<\/a>, Rumormill<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mini Countryman – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

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

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

Considering that the base Countryman’s turbo four already churns out 184 horsepower (compared to the 172 hp Cooper<\/a> 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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Mini Countryman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[Source: Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Rumormill: Mini could produce John Cooper Works Countryman<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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