MINI JCW 3 Door petrol and electric, JCW Aceman introduced in Malaysia – RM331k, RM225k, RM241k

MINI Malaysia has introduced three new John Cooper Works (JCW) models – the 3 Door in petrol (RM330,988) and electric (RM225,188) configurations, and the Aceman (RM241,188).

All the above prices are OTR before insurance and include an optional package which 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). If you don’t want this package, you pay RM12,100, RM6,300 and RM7,300 less, respectively. The two EV models are additionally covered by an eight-year/160,000 km battery warranty.

ICE or EV, hatch or SUV, they 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.

The ‘traditional’ JCW that is the petrol 3 Door uniquely gets adaptive suspension, an M-shaped roof spoiler, a central tailpipe and a long bee-sting antenna (the other two have stubby shark fins). Both hatches ride on 18-inch JCW Lap Spoke alloys; the first-ever JCW Aceman has the same alloys, but an inch bigger and with a two-tone treatment. The SUV also sports roof rails.

The petrol hatch 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, while both EV models use a 54.2 kWh (gross) battery to feed a single 258 PS/350 Nm motor, enabling a 200 km/h top speed and century sprint times of 5.9 seconds (3 Door) and 6.4 seconds (Aceman). All are front-wheel driven.

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 models.

MINI JCW 3 Door petrol

MINI JCW 3 Door electric

MINI JCW Aceman

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