MINI JCW 3 Door petrol and electric, JCW Aceman, Cooper Convertible debut at Malaysia Autoshow 2025

MINI Malaysia debuted no fewer than four models, including three John Cooper Works vehicles, at the ongoing Malaysia Autoshow 2025. Prices and specs for the JCW 3 Door petrol, JCW 3 Door electric, JCW Aceman and Cooper Convertible were already released last week, so all that was left to do was give them their grand physical introduction to the Malaysian public.

ICE or EV, hatch or SUV, the JCWs all look properly menacing, with gloss black for their grilles, side skirts and wheel arches, and red for their roofs, door mirrors, bonnet stripes and callipers.

We’ll start with the ‘traditional’ JCW – the RM318,888 3 Door petrol has a 231 PS/380 Nm 2.0 litre four-cylinder turbo engine, a seven-speed DCT, a 6.1-second 0-100 km/h time and a 250 km/h top speed.

The petrol hatch also uniquely gets adaptive suspension, an M-shaped roof spoiler, a central tailpipe and a long bee-sting antenna (the other two JCW models have stubby shark fins).

Next, the first-ever zero-emissions JCW – the RM218,888 3 Door electric uses a 54.2 kWh (gross) battery to feed a single 258 PS/350 Nm front motor, enabling a 200 km/h top speed and a 5.9-second century sprint time. You’ll find here the same 18-inch JCW Lap Spoke alloys as on the petrol version.

Then there’s the first-ever JCW Aceman, yours for RM233,888. The little EV SUV has the same powertrain as the JCW 3 Door electric; its 0-100 km/h time is 6.4 seconds. Those are also JCW Lap Spoke alloys, but here they are an inch bigger and have a two-tone finish.

Charge at 95 kW DC and both EV models will go from 10-80% in 30 minutes (0-100% at 11 kW AC in 5 hours 15 minutes). On a full tummy, the EV hatch will do 371 km, the EV SUV 355 km.

Inside the JCW models, you’ll find black and red throughout. The JCW-specific sports seats are upholstered in black synthetic leather with multicoloured knitted fabric at the shoulders, accented with red stitching to provide firm support. In the EV models, the driver’s seat has massage, electric adjustment and memory, and the ambient lighting illuminates the panoramic roof.

The JCW steering wheel has red stitching, shift paddles, thumb rests for grip and a vertical fabric spoke at the bottom, while the central MINI Interaction Unit features a dedicated JCW mode that displays performance data like speed, torque, power retrieval in kW, and current g-force.

The JCW-specific centre console combines black textile surfaces, red straps and vibrant silver essence. Also standard are MINI Navigation AR, wireless charging and Harman Kardon surround sound.

Safety wise, all these JCW models come with AEB, ACC with stop and go, steering and lane control assistant, lane change warning with active lane return, lane departure warning with active steering intervention, evasion assistant, rear-cross traffic warning with braking, rear-end collision prevention and exit warning.

Also on are parallel and perpendicular auto parking, reverse camera with panoramic rear view, reversing assistant up to 50 metres, parking view, remote 3D view, drive recorder and anti-theft recorder.

The MINI smartphone app gives you access to features such as digital key, remote engine start and start/stop charging. Legend Grey, Nanuq White and Midnight Black are among the colours available for all three JCW models.

Finally, there’s the RM318,888 Cooper Convertible, whose 204 PS/300 Nm 2.0 litre turbo-four and seven-speed DCT enable a 6.9-second 0-100 km/h time and a 237 km/h top speed. There are 18-inch ‘Night Flash’ spoke two-tone alloys as well as a fabric roof that opens in 18 seconds up to 30 km/h and closes in 15 seconds.

The minimalist interior features interesting dash fabrics, including on the steering wheel’s bottom spoke. Below the central MINI Interaction Unit is a new Toggle Bar that offers direct physical access to often-used functions such as the parking brake, gear selection, start/stop switch, Experience Modes and volume control.

Available in Copper Grey, Sunny Side Yellow or Ocean Wave Green, the Cooper Convertible also gets MINI Navigation AR, anti-dazzle mirrors, wireless charging, 12 Harman Kardon speakers, parallel and perpendicular auto parking, drive recorder and anti-theft recorder. Oh, and access to the MINI smartphone app, of course.

All prices mentioned include a standard two-year unlimited-mileage warranty; you can top up for a package that gives you a four-year unlimited-mileage vehicle warranty plus free service for four years/60,000 km (petrol) or four years/unlimited mileage (electric).

This optional package would make the JCW 3 Door petrol cost RM330,988, the JCW 3 Door electric cost RM225,188, the JCW Aceman cost RM241,188 and the Cooper Convertible cost RM329,288. Irrespective of this, the two EV models are additionally covered by an eight-year/160,000 km battery warranty.

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