click above image to view high-resolution versions of the MINI Cooper S JCW Tuning Kit We reported yesterday that MINI might be developing two John Cooper Works Tuning Kits for the new R56 model.

This video documents a handling-focused update on a Mini Cooper following earlier engine tuning. The car is fitted with ...

In our last installment, Project Street S MINI received a substantial increase in horsepower with Mini Mania's Stage 2 power upgrade kit. Project MINI was already fast--much faster than a stock ...

We have a soft spot for the Hong Kong tuning company Aspec. They arrived on the scene by making the Golf R400 that Volkswagen didn't want to. However, we will always remember them as the authors of ...

Japan is considered a very tech-savvy, traditional country. But between the tentacle obscenity and all those wide-bodied, neon-caked Lamborghinis, we find that they are more creative than most.

Nathaniel is an experienced automotive writer with more than 10 years of automotive writing under his belt. From model reviews to industry politics to new innovations and development, he covers a wide ...

Launched in 1959 and first exported stateside in 1960, the Mini—initially badged Austin Seven or Morris Mini Minor—miraculously combined the nimble handling of an MG or Austin-Healey with the ...

The John Cooper Work tuning kit (JCW) wasn't a simple upgrade on the last-generation Mini Cooper S: it was labor-intensive to install and included expensive items like a new supercharger and cylinder ...