Mini is going big on electric power for 2025 with the launch of the new Cooper E and Cooper SE. We’ve had the technical details of both cars and seen official pictures of the SE, but now thanks to spy shots from Germany we know exactly how the still-secret JCW range-topper will look.
A series of images posted to the Cochespias Instagram page show the sportiest electric Cooper in full JCW garb and completely undisguised, revealing the production wheels, graphics and body kit long before Mini’s planned launch.
Like the Cooper SE, the JCW takes a classier approach this time, doing without stick-on plastic arch flares and letting the swollen fenders speak for themselves. It also comes without the hood vent that’s been a Cooper S trademark for over 20 years, but which isn’t needed now that the engine beneath that hood is an electric one, and we can see a new take on the classic stripes reaching up to the base of the windshield.
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Helping differentiate it from the SE is blacked out grille that appears to be even bigger at its bottom edge, more aggressive bumper corners front and back, and deeper side skirts, plus a handful of “John Cooper Works” badges. The JCW Mini also gets its own design of double-five-spoke wheels and a rear diffuser, but the standout feature is the large wing at the top of the rear hatch.
Sadly we don’t get to look inside on this occasion, but we know it’ll feature a grippy set of faux-leather sports seats, chunky steering wheel and red stitching. The fundamentals though, including the 9.4-inch circular OLED infotainment screen and available head-up display, will be shared with other Coopers.
These images also don’t clue us in to what’s hiding under the hood of this first electric JCW. But it will certainly be packing more muscle than the current combustion-powered JCW hatch, which generates 228 hp (170 kW / 231 PS) and gets to 62 mph (100 km/h) in just over 6 seconds. The new Cooper E makes 181 hp (135 kW / 184 PS) and hits 62 mph in 7.3 seconds, and the Cooper SE already makes 215 hp (160 kW / 218 hp) and does the sprint in 6.7 seconds. Rumors suggest the JCW could have 247 hp (184 kW / 250 PS), which sounds about right.
The less power-hungry E makes do with a 40.7 kWh battery, but the JCW should get the larger 54.2 kWh pack from the SE, though don’t expect it to match that car’s 250-mile (402 km) electric range.
