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This new Mini John Cooper Works is a manual-only special edition

The JCW 1to6 Edition celebrates the manual gearbox, with 150 coming to the UK

Published: 17 May 2023

You didn’t think Mini would run a manual-gearboxed John Cooper Works at the Nürburgring 24hrs and not spin a special edition road car off it, did you? Mini loves a limited run special.

And we can certainly get on board with this one, because it’s a 228bhp JCW that can only be equipped with the six-speed manual gearbox. Go on Mini.

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Just 999 examples of the so-called ‘1to6 Edition’ will be available worldwide (with 150 coming to the UK) and all will be fixed in the exact spec that you see here.

That means an all-black exterior with Midnight Black Metallic paint, black 18-inch wheels, piano black trim and tinted rear glass. There is a grey bonnet stripe that runs right down the centre of the special edition too, and that features a ‘repeated manual transmission graphic’.

Inside stainless-steel pedals are standard (three of them, crucially) as is a sunroof and lots of black trim with red accents. There are a fair few emblems and graphics around to let you know that you’re in a limited edition too.

There aren’t any powertrain upgrades to the JCW’s standard 2.0-litre turbo four-pot, but that’s fine by us in this case. Unfortunately, the price might be a bit of a sticking point, because in the UK the 1to6 will set you back a hefty £39,600. Yikes.

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