2013 Mini John Cooper Works GP is basically the Mini John Cooper Works with more of the works. That includes a mean-looking body kit with an air-gobbling front fascia, new side skirts, a rear diffuser, and a carbon-fiber wing above the backlight. Four-spoke wheels—and lipstick-red mirrors, for that matter—tend to look funny on cars less whimsical than the innately jocular Mini, but as with this car’s predecessor, the mischievous 2006 Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works GP Kit, this model looks rather snappy. The C/D jury is out on the new GP’s black, silver, and red body graphics, but stickers come off as easily as they’re applied.
2013 Mini John Cooper Works GP ditches the regular Mini’s rear seats, like its 2006 predecessor, with a strut-brace in its place. The front seats have been replaced with a pair of light-weight Recaros, to complement the other weight-saving measures – the original cutting 40kg over a regular Cooper S.
The 2012 Mini John Cooper Works GP goes on sale later this year, with a price tag of around £25,000 likely. Just 2000 will be made.