Mini Clubman gets the John Cooper Works treatment

Maurice Malone wonders who Mini are aiming this car at?

The Mini Clubman’s performance upgrade has done very little to make it fun to drive
The manual version John Cooper Works Mini Clubman starts at €48,210

Never one to shy away from creating cars outside the norm, Mini has given us a high-performance version of the quirky but likeable Clubman estate. Branded with the John Cooper Works moniker and featuring the same 231hp engine as its smaller (and rather talented) siblings, the car also gets the firm’s ALL4 all-wheel drive system, along with a sprinkling of other performance-oriented upgrades.

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