Is it a hatch; a CUV; a coupe or a pocket rocket? Well, according to Mini, the new Paceman John Cooper Works that made its world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show this week encompasses traits from all those vehicles mentioned before.
If that’s what you want, then be prepared to pay a minimum of $36,200 (includes a $700 delivery and handling fee) to buy the sportiest Paceman model in the States.
An aerodynamic kit along with 18-inch light-alloy wheels, a sports exhaust system with chrome tailpipes, doorsills bearing the John Cooper Works logo and available two-tone schemes, set the car apart from its lesser siblings.
Inside you will find the usual sport touches on the steering wheel, seats and dashboard trims.
Under the hood lies a 1.6-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine rated for 208hp in U.S.-specification connected to a standard six-speed manual or an optional six-speed auto, and MINI’s ALL4 all-wheel-drive system. The new Paceman JCW dashes from rest to 60 mph (96km/h) in 6.5 seconds – regardless of the transmission, and tops out at 127 mph (204km/h) for US models.
According to preliminary EPA estimates, average fuel consumption is 31 mpg highway / 25 mpg city / 27 mpg combined for the manual transmission and 30 mpg highway / 23 mpg city / 26 mpg combined for automatic models.
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