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Mini’s two-seater John Cooper Works GP is the

firm’s fastest model to date

Boasting a raft of measures to pare down kerb weight wheels via an eight-speed automatic ‘box with inte-
and improve torsional rigidity (the back seats make grated mechanical diff-lock, the GP hits 100 km/h
way for a red steel torsion bar) and equipped with from standstill in 5,2 seconds, with a top speed of
a version of the 2,0-litre turbopetrol four-cylinder 265 km/h. Further to the cosmetic enhancements,

currently servicing the BMW M135i xDrive, the John the GP also features model-specific engine-oil and
Cooper Works GP is the most focused member of the cooling-management systems, an enhanced sports
Mini family. exhaust and suspension lowered by 10 mm over that
With 225 kW and 450 N.m channelled to the front of the standard JC

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