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[@josech]

That scoop. So critical for performance, for the marketing guys at Mini.

[@graemeoverton1799]

This guy sounds more like Richard Hammond than the man himself,nice car though

[@gokulraju7499]

The way you guys represent every car, making me fell in love with every car you show. superb..!

[@SWF1127]

Great presentation!

[@Kamgraphica]

The JCW Pro Exhaust is by far one of the best sounding exhausts in the market for a MINI. Those Team Dynamic racing wheels are a perfect fit for the F56. I have a dealer special ordered Cooper S + JCW Pro Exhaust + Engine Tune, absolutely wicked!

[@timophycook9509]

Awesome sound 🙌🏻 One the best sounding hot hatches

[@paulsteinph.d.8869]

Only manual..beautifully engineered...luv it..!!

[@abdjr.247]

This car sounds sooooooo good!

[@Basih]

beautiful sound

[@megatafiq8741]

Any MINI onwers here?

[@SgtHail]

Megat Afiq Yep! Picked up my JCW on Friday

[@brugesmerda1736]

picked up my countryman yesterday :D full carbon body, with alcantara interior and akrapovic exhaust system and the 1 ltr engine from a fiat 500 twinair

[@TheDivineicons]

Megat Afiq I have mini countrymen Cooper S ... love it 😍

[@rootsmanuva82]

Yup! R56 Cooper S, 220 hp/260 ft/lbs Manic Tune, Invidia exhaust, Bilsteins/ H&R's. Funny thing is with an Invidia exhaust, my MINI sounds exactly like the Challenge. Probably because of the twin scroll turbo and unequal length headers on both cars.

[@V3LOCITY__]

F56 Challenge 210 No061/210 🙋🏻

[@gregmakridis]

dude i love your videos so much and i think i have an idea about the show...why not start a series that you will be testing older cars like a peugeot 207 le mans series/gti/rc??yeah i know thats my car but i really do want to watch you reviewing it!!!!please make it happen thanks

[@Kaisuke971]

Clio III RS > Any type of 207.

[@rabmc]

Hi, do you know if their be a new GP? I'm actually thinking of going for the GP2 at the moment. Regards

[@chrisgregson3626]

Well at least I now know which mod is next on my list. Quaife diff' it is. I'll just have to do the shocks next month (or year). Also, never been a (new) Mini fan, but this looks the nuts. Since I won't be buying one, I don't care about the ridiculous price. Here's to driving purity!

[@saintninian]

Id love to see this guy hosting Top Gear with Chris Harris and Rowan Atkinson

[@egypsy]

Mr Bean reviewing Minis?? yh sounds fd ;)

[@carvinci7744]

Cool video, even it's about Mini

[@turbogeoduck]

you blokes are so lucky!!

[@nikolajovanovic3940]

The best car 👍🔝

[@RetroLevels]

What a machine! :D

[@74aamer]

When did this come out

[@teeloke]

glade that you change the ending song

[@PetrolheadAEHG]

What the hell were all those cars at the end? Are you going to review them?

[@sakk1192]

Man I wish mini came out with a bonkers 300bhp John cooper s edition 0-62 5 or under

[@ordinarystuff]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@z1mke]

With a simple remap people get about 280 bhp or more out of those things... there are various examples around the youtube. This new 2.0 liter engine is really underpowered and there is more than enough room for improvement.

[@jonathanprice2419]

In line chips are available with 3 settings Stock, 269 and 292 bhp :-)

[@connoisseurofcannabiscarsp3755]

+Jakov It shpuld for the price of a ZL1 Corvette here in the states, nevermind I have a 648hp/691ft-lb LS V8 ,T56 manual,CTS-V 3.48 Cadillac rear end 1991 Miata that was custom built at Flying Miata from ground up for $28,000U.S. You guys get screwed on cars. I know this. I was born in Epsom Surrey and Im still a citizen but im in the states with a Resident Alien Green card. A used E30 I looked at when I was visiting my uncle in Chelsea was £11,000!!!! WTF!!?? That is fckn common. No wonder everyone gets hard lil peters over 250hp. The common person here wont buy a 250hp car. Its shit.

[@shujahchaudhary2329]

From the future dreams have been answered.

[@iea96]

Wow that thing is a serious weapon

[@jonathanprice2419]

I get some of the comments on here, horses for courses and if everyone liked the same thing the world would be a boring place! :-) Yes I am (in my opinion) one of the lucky ones as my JCW Challenge is arriving in late October (hopefully 2016 :-) ) Own a standard F56 JCW, have just sold my R56 Sussex Road and Race track car (Challenge spec in 2012) and used to own an R53. Love them all for different reasons but I had to get one when they were announced to scratch my trackway itch now and then. For those purists amongst you my dad had 17 classic minis in his time, guess thats where i got the bug. Yes its expensive but having spent £10k plus to build an R56 Challenge car for me (Again personal opinion) this is pretty good value and fully warrantied.

[@egypsy]

If everybody looked the same... we'd get tired of looking at each other ;)

How does it compare to the Mini GP 2?

[@MarkoAlpner]

Awesome video, but you guys should definitely clean that camera sensor asap. ;)

[@day3002]

2015/16 330d v e90 and e46 m3?

[@revolutions88]

I WANT ONE!!!!!

[@adnanalagic]

It may be a four cylinder engine but it sounds glorious! I love the crackles and farts on the overrun! 😍

[@mx20100]

32000?????!!! A Mini JCW in Portugal/Holland it costs like 50000 euros!

[@ChuckS117]

Is that the JCW Tuning Kit?

[@catherineanicot8754]

what s tires size on the mini challenge ?

[@shanmk1877]

i miss the old mini

[@alexkrallis7778]

I am 19 and I am between getting an mini Jcw an Audi a1 s line or wait a couple of years and buy the 2018 type r could you recommend me the best car between those three?

[@williamramirez80]

alex krallis Type R best driver of the three and most unique

[@pad3357]

Wonder what the GP3 is going to be like!

[@simont4708]

Surprised they didn't take the rear seats out like the GP

[@Focusrallylabs]

1:14 , hi my name is fly. yes i know

[@MegaXxxfreakxxx]

Well why shouldt I buy this very expensive car rather than a normal JCW and put some better suspension on it? Does the lag of of climatcontrol make this car so sporty thät it will justify the price?

[@Autophorie]

At least we get the exhaust for that funny little thing :D But the whole package would be also a good run in the rest of Europe.

[@matthewcoleman8267]

You can get the loud exhaust and adjustable dampers on a Cooper S let alone the standard JCW version. You're buying this for the limited run and that's it.

[@bf6240]

Nitron coilovers on a standard cooper s?

[@winglessang31]

This car is fire.

[@HarryTwatter]

Finally a new outro song

[@74aamer]

And how much is it

[@1061shrink1061]

Englandland? So mini don’t sell these to Wales or Scotland then?

[@efrainvalladares2357]

Is that a James Mcabe watch on your wrist?

[@efrainvalladares2357]

Legit

[@IULENZA]

+Carfection it reminds me Breguet's dials, nice!

[@swesleyc7]

efrain valladares I was wondering what watch he was wearing!

[@joelpun3733]

p

[@klasseact6663]

Too bad someone can't invent a ray gun that shrinks things, this would be one of the first things to try it out on!

[@rootsmanuva82]

Try being funny somewhere else. Even a regular Cooper S will run circles around your Fiat.

[@PaganiZondaF650hp]

I think Klasse Act was rather getting at the fact that the Mini gets bigger and bigger every generation. I also find the current Mini too big and out of proportion. This is due to the fact that by the next generation BMW wants to have the Mini and 1 Series running on exactly the same platform

[@klasseact6663]

di foo!! ...yeah, I was being funny about the ray gun but as far as running circles around my Abarth....NO! I haven't been on track but I've been challenged by the rare MINI owner I've seen and it hasn't been pretty for the MINI, although it was an R56. I had an R56 from 2007-10 and it was a POS, 3 aux fuel pumps, fuel injector, MAP sensor, timing chain, 2 intake manifolds because it would freeze up when cold and the car would "diesel". I've had ZERO problems with my Abarth and its modded. I'm not saying that a Fiat is a Honda for reliability but it's been waaaaay more reliable than my old MINI and others has many problems with their R56's. That fact is this, R53 was the right size, then the R56 got bigger and now the F56 has gotten fat and lazy. It may have more power but it's waaaaay bigger than 2 gens ago and that isn't right. Also, never see MINI's around, cars and coffee and the like, why is that because it's such an enthusists car but yet you never seen them except driven as commuter cars by people who are certainly not enthusiasts. Have a great day and I'll be looking for you around the streets of Chicagoland, line em up!

[@AdvancedEliteGaming]

My Jesus that was not a MINI growl

[@HenrikAndreas1997]

Damn!

[@drhanniballecter1977]

love that sound, but i think it needs more air intakes...

[@buca9696]

Ok, so those mods are basically just bolt-ons.

[@jonathanprice2419]

I now own this exact car #01 😁

[@geecars6263]

Englandland? 😩

[@nikb6528]

Probably a cheaper solution: Buy a standard JCW, buy decent suspension and an exhaust. And here`s your `Challenge`. Then spend a few extra pounds to tune the engine and you murder the `Challenge`.

[@Kaisuke971]

Or just buy a Leon 290 Sub8

[@nikb6528]

Kaisuke971 Obviously. I absolutely adore the CUPRA!

[@jonathanprice2419]

Spent 10k to build an R56 Challenge car lol

[@nikb6528]

Jonathan Price Starting from a casual CooperS?

[@IEATU95]

Cupra is such a great platform

[@ChaosphereIX]

MINI have fallen very, very far from the R53. Oh how I miss my supercharged cracked terrier...Plus, the Abarth 500 has the MINI beat in the 4-cyl turbo sound department. Nice chassis apparently, but let down in so many other areas...lost charm being the big one.

[@ODIOPOWER]

as an ex- owner of a R53 i cant agree more with you. The current mini is too big and expansive as hell.

[@tanner87]

ChaosphereIX i was thinking about getting an f56 JCW but it's big and boring compared to the R53, I've just had my hydraulic clutch done which wasn't cheap but my god, I can't replace the car

[@geetee4037]

the supercharged version was gutless. I much prefer the new gen.

[@ChaosphereIX]

Gee Tee you are so wrong. It was lighter, more nimble, and had no turbo lag at all. Not gutless. With a 15-17% pulley swap and some basic bolt-ons, well over 200hp is easily attainable from the tiny 1.6. Plus, it didn't run into a heat wall like the turbos did [speaking from experience working on R53 and R56 MINIs].

[@geetee4037]

ChaosphereIX I'm talking standard. You could save weight and make changes to the turbo versions too but then it's a different car. Standard SC was slow, gutless and my NA Clio was miles more fun and faster. The current version feels miles ahead of previous gens.

[@whichdoctor4858]

Track car. Personally want my car gizmos such as air in, satnav and a hifi. If I had the cash I’d also have the track car for races.

[@egypsy]

you have a Sat-Nav, its called Goggle maps, its on your phone ;) ....as is your favorite playlist from whatever music streeming service you got ;) ...as for air-con, just get a droptop and open up the roof for fresh air ;) lol

[@IanFleming808]

Do these new minis have the transmission issues from the CVT ?

[@robertbidochon7949]

+ARMYTRIX Where are you?

[@tortiseburger6386]

I want that car

[@harsimransingh7359]

illegal!! fuck that.exhaust noise is not even half the fart from the amg gt

[@gymweeb9229]

Recorded exhaust and then streamed on youtube is not the same as standing next to it...

[@nikb6528]

Of course not. This thing is raucous asf in real life, I bet.

[@samc1774]

we own the mini challenge 210 which has this exhaust let me tell you its certainly loud enough to be :) !

[@holprod00]

db...

[@larry8065]

+Nik Brudar I bet it's actually a lot quieter than we think. People in the UK have much lower noise tolerance than other parts of the world, particularly the US. I've had people from the UK describe the M4 as "loud" and used words like "Thundering noise" to describe a stock Camaro SS. Were they friggin' serious? Yes, they were serious. What's "loud" to them isn't the same for others.

[@PowderMoney1303]

A shame those of us with disabilities (and whom a manual gear change is out of the question) can't drive it. Looks fun.

[@geetee4037]

That noise.

[@VG22.]

thank you for not wearing that ugly watch of yours ! :) much better on the eyes !

[@gregmayled]

Sounds like an Abarth

[@SanjayThallam]

My dad has ordered a clubman jcw

[@LitleBear]

I like minis and this car for sure, but is it just me or does it lack an athletic stance? The wheel arches just look kinda off, especially in the stills.

[@send_it_subie]

Literally thought it was richard hammond

[@misterpacha1]

How is this compared to the gp2? I believe u tried that already

[@HazeeqFuzaiell]

this car going to be in malaysia soon

[@FAT8893]

Really? Who bought it?

[@HazeeqFuzaiell]

Farhan Ahmad Tajuddin yup i saw it in carlist.my. but i think people already bought it

[@ryanpowell4747]

Does anybody know if those new United Kingdom flag lights fit into this car?

[@rogerwang0523]

Mini JCW is real a wolf wearing sheep's clothes

[@ScottZ370]

Great car but who in their right mind would buy it over a Focus RS when this thing costs more?!

[@Harry244ful]

Khalid Ansari Focus RS and mass deprecation do not go together! MK2 RS's still hold at £20.000 regardless of mileage! And the MK3 will be no exception! MK3 Will follow the same route!

[@ScottZ370]

Khalid Ansari Ok so boring people?

[@harrydykes4567]

Yup because anyone who buys a car with 250+ BHP is a boring person.

[@ScottZ370]

Was joking but like no denying compared to the RS this doesn't make a whole load of sense but then again guess this will be much better for track driving

[@ThisIsMTH]

S Miller financially it does. It will depreciate so much less than an RS.

[@mostafaalselwani9884]

I have Better Than it , Mini JCW AC Shnitzer with 260HP Carbon Fiber Edition ;) , going to take it next week so excited :D

[@eSysmanSuperYachts]

'Minis' are too big now. I owned an R53 JCW spec which was delightful. I nearly bought an R56 which still retained the size but now they look like a fat, bloated version of the Mini.

[@holprod00]

32k very cheap..

[@liamcfc67]

8:38 Britain consists of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland not just England ! Tool

[@egypsy]

(Gt.) Britain doesn't include N.I. just the main island of Britania, (Eng, Scot, Wales), as named by Romans I beleive. ....England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of White, Channel Islands and Hebredes make up the United Kingdom, (of Gt Birtain, N.I. and the islands, excl. I.O.M. )

[@RayTitske]

a fake scoop

[@dailyforman]

meh

[@stephencavanaugh8377]

Just get a Miata. You'll be happier.

[@gumball7777]

It isnt so MINI anymore!

[@adr0110]

Great vid as always! Butt dam ugly car though!

[@Ryanr75rc]

Hide your pension

[@feffeffe2503]

it is such a pain to watch and to listen to this jerk... however, the Mini Challenge is cool and has a nice sound as well. It would be great so see a track battle between this and the Clio 220 Trophy. The Clio Trophy was on every track significantly quicker than the new JCW, so it would be a nice battle now against this Challenge Mini. But put semi slicks on both then ;)

[@strykerman7888]

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[@connoisseurofcannabiscarsp3755]

even my Superformance continuation 66 GT40 MKII SBF 427 and my LSA V8 91 Miata has AC AND 648hp! screw that thing.

[@egypsy]

I wonder how a 427 GT40 wud fair against a SC-1600 Cooper-S ....on the narrow country roads of England, with short straights and MANY tight corners ;)

[@yco67]

2:24 no its because you think you re special than any other countries in the world.. history in short..

[@egypsy]

WE don't think we're special, BMW thinks we are ;) or rather they might think we have a special affinity for Minis, (historic?) or that our roads/cities are specifically suited to a small car with a bit of power ;) (America would prob force HUGE rubber bumpers onit if it wor made in Britain;)

[@gerardosalas9477]

Fart can sound

[@iDeondrae]

0-60 in 6 seconds is embarrassing

[@bismillahmashallah]

Gti is better and can make alot more power

[@whiteandnerdytuba]

Just what the world needs, another overpriced mini with an even louder rice burner sound

[@rootsmanuva82]

It doesn't sound like rice. A turbo and unequal length headers gives it a deeper, mellow sound. You're probably listening to it on your tiny cellphone speakers. There's a lot of "bass" you're missing out on

[@geoffreygover-sharpe4642]

Not a real Mini, just an overpriced fashion accessory...

[@egypsy]

....and ? btr value than a Rolex or Italian loafers ;)

[@geoffreygover-sharpe4642]

.... and ? Still not a real Mini.

[@egypsy]

@@geoffreygover-sharpe4642 Nah. It's btr, its a BMW in Mini's clothing, German emgineering, (exquisite in detail) with British styling, (yh, baby:) Originals were awefull tin cans that fold up in a 'T'Bone collision ^^, have no suspension to speak of, (rubber donuts only) and top out at about 65mph ;)

[@geoffreygover-sharpe4642]

But real Minis are fun, whereas modern “Minis” are dull and soulless.

[@madleo1113]

£32.000 for a mini no thanks to much money