I have to disagree that a JCW kit wouldn’t fit with the Clubman “thing.” I understand the Clubman isn’t necessarily the best platform for a sports car, with the greater weight and reduced rigidity due to the suicide door. However, the JCW kit is available for the convertible S, and a convertible, just by the way it’s built, doesn’t have the structural rigidity of a hardtop, and isn’t something I would think of as a good base for a sports car. -Cory

For those who don’t think the JCW kit should be available for the Clubman, do you think that it should be available for the convertible?

If it was about two years down the road, and I had ample funds for it, I would seriously consider a JCW Clubman. I don’t see myself having more than one car for quite some time, so the Clubman, with its increased versatility over the coupe, would make a great fit. Sometimes, I like to haul a bunch of stuff and I have had four people in my MINI before, and to be completely honest, I’m very glad that I wasn’t the one who had to sit in the back seat.

I guess it’s a matter of perspective and the same thing can be said about the Cooper S. From a Cooper owner’s perspective, an S is an ultimate performer. If the Clubman ‘can never be an ultimate performer’ why bother making it an S.

True, the Clubman will never perform as well as the Coupe, but it isn’t always about the competition. Sometimes folks just want more.

On the reverse, if folks say that the S engine would help haul the heavier clubman, then why couldn’t the JCW do the same, but more so.

I guess for me, I don’t really see the JCW as a status symbol of ultimate performance, but rather the next level up from an S.

But that’s just me.

JCW is supposed to represent the ultimate in MINI performance, but the Clubman by definition (bigger and heavier with the same engine) can never be an ultimate performer.

Also, this is more in line with the Mercedes “AMG on every vehicle” idea. I used to think “Wow, an AMG” when they first started coming out, but now it’s more like “eh, another AMG”. It basically waters down the name.

Oh, and by the way, who cares if the Clubman roof is big. Give us the option of making it white.

BTW. I’d like to see the clubman with a white roof.

Thank you. Thank you very much!

BTW. I’d like to see the clubman with a white roof.