MINI unveils sporty John Cooper Works upgrade

MINI has been busy tweaking its latest range of Coopers to come up with a turbocharged version of the S variant known as the John Cooper Works.

Named after the creator of the original mini, this little nipper has had its design tucked in places and enlarged in others to make room for vents and air intakes to cool its meaty engine. Speaking of which, engineers took the original 189bhp engine of the Cooper S and turned up the power to churn out 228bhp, which gives it more oomph than the top of the range VW Golf GTI.