collectible of the day: John Cooper Works Tuning MINI Cooper S brochure

In 2003, John Cooper Works released the first tuning kit for the R53 MINI Cooper S.  It was strictly a dealer-installed accessory and included a JCW cylinder head, exhaust system, engine calibration, supercharger, and badges.

This eight-page brochure from the UK and printed in March 2003 gives some background information on John and Mike Cooper, describes [...]

website: R53 MINI Cooper S link archive

If you have an first-generation MINI Cooper S (R53) and need an index of websites about your MINI, take a look at SooperCooperinfo.com.  Website links are grouped into categories such as Brakes, Electrical, Oil Change, Wheels, and many more.  Within each category, links are listed by keywords (phrases, actually).  Links point to many popular MINI [...]

Winding Road: Top Ten Performance Bargains

Winding Road magazine listed its top 10 performance bargains and naturally a MINI made the list.  They chose the MINI Cooper S hardtop in the seventh spot saying “For only $23,000, we’re hard pressed to think of a bargain performer as totally chuckable as the Cooper S. It may be small and may only have [...]