2025 Mini Cooper SE JCW Has Racy Looks but No Extra Electric Grunt

• Mini is providing a racy-looking JCW trim stage for the electrical Cooper SE hatchback.
• It has the identical 215-horsepower electrical motor because the non-JCW mannequin.
• There may also be a John Cooper Works variant for the gas-powered 2025 Mini Cooper, which ought to pack additional efficiency.

Mini is providing the sporty John Cooper Works remedy on the brand new electrical model of the Cooper hardtop—the primary time a Mini EV has gotten the JCW badge. However not like the gas-powered JCW fashions, the 2025 Cooper SE JCW would not get any further energy; as an alternative, it is merely an look bundle that provides sporty touches inside and outside.

The JCW bundle is no less than provided with the extra highly effective of the Cooper Electrical’s powertrains, the SE model with 215 horsepower and a 54.2-kWh battery pack. The JCW physique equipment features a rear diffuser, a distinct entrance grille, and pink trim for the roof, mirror caps, and hood stripes. Mini additionally consists of 18-inch wheels and pink brake calipers. Inside, the seats are trimmed with pink stitching and there are checkered-flag patterns scattered all through.

Mini has but to element the U.S. lineup for the brand new 2025 Cooper Hardtop, so we do not but have affirmation that this JCW trim stage for the electrical model will come to the States. However we do know for positive that there might be a JCW variant of the gas-powered Mini Cooper, which ought to pack extra energy than the usual mannequin’s turbo engines. So if you need your Mini JCW to have the chew to again up its bark, you may need the ICE model, however should you’re alright with simply the looks of being sporty, this EV ought to just do positive.

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Regardless of being raised on a gentle food regimen of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or maybe due to it—Joey Capparella nonetheless cultivated an obsession for the automotive business all through his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. He discovered a approach to write about vehicles for the college newspaper throughout his school years at Rice College, which finally led him to maneuver to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for his first skilled auto-writing gig at Vehicle Journal. He has been a part of the Automobile and Driver group since 2016 and now lives in New York Metropolis.