Ugly New MINI John Cooper Works Coupé

Mini Coupé John Copper Works

Long Name. Short Car.  This is the newest and weirdest looking of all of the fantastical creatures that come from the BMW- owned MINI. They say that this new model harks back to the original MINI, a smaller and more direct car. This Coupé has a smaller trunk than the regular MINI Cooper and also only has two seats as opposed to four in the Cooper. There are three trim levels of this car: the standard Coupé, the Coupé S, and the Coupé John Cooper Works. 

            The most obvious difference between this car and the standard MINI is the roof. MINI themselves say that it’s styled to look like someone wearing a baseball hat backwards. Honestly, I cannot think of anything more stupid. It looks like a Cooper had a piano dropped on the top and was rear-ended by a school bus.  To MINI however, the selling point of this car is the speed and how it feels to drive. This car seems to be for people who value driving pleasure over practicality, good looks, space, economy, their dignity, and value for money. This car comes with a choice three power specs: the standard Coupé has 121 bhp, the Coupé S has 181 bhp and the John Cooper Works Coupé has 208 bhp. Also on the John Cooper Works, the suspension has been firmed up to give a sportier ride. When you reach a certain speed, the brim of the backwards hat rises up to reveal a spoiler. The interior is just like any other MINI, retro with lots of modern touches. I think that MINI does a very good job on their interiors and especially this one. Even though this car is very small and comes with a turbocharged four pot engine, it only gets a combined 28 miles per gallon at the best. I guarantee you that it would be hard to get anything more than 25 in this car.  The worst part about this car other than the way that it looks is that it only has two seats. Who in this day and age is going to go out to buy a sporty two-seater and think “You know what, I’m going to get that new MINI.” If you want to splurge please buy something better looking, please. I think that the only thing that this car would be good for is a lap around the ‘Ring but not much else. To summarize, a Mazda MX-5 would do a much better job on the driving experience sector and the new Hyundai Velostar would be a much more practical option that is also funky.