I know its ugly now, but it will grow on us. its already grown on me SO MUCH. that being said i still kind of hate it. but I am SO much in love with that interior and the 2.0. cannot wait to see the specs. I still want one.

I like your style, Jayhova.

I may have to disagree with you, if my car had a green mode I would use it alot in the city.

That front end looks okay in this photo, generally this car is great, but much like the Countryman and paceman Im liking the looks of the base more that the S variant. my next car will be a MINI, but it wont be a 2015. ill give them some time to fix that front end.

Stupid question:

It's in their blood err... Oil?

You nailed it, the JCW has been my first choice for "next new car"for years, but there are some definite competitors in its mid-to-High 30's price range. That's around what the new Audi S3 sedan will cost. And that's an AUDI, or two fiesta st's haha.

I wish more if these hot hatch battles included the JCW

Yeah, I'm not too sure about the added "sleekness" either. We will have to wait till the 18th to see the finished product And not these spy shots.

I love them, the JCWs are perfect enthusiast cars in my eyes. I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of the new front end but every other change is welcome, I'm hoping the JCW variant has some sort of areo package that can subtract a bit from the fishy-ness look.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught this. I can't wait till the 18th. I'm so excited to see official stuff for the new minis.

congratulations you just won at jalopnik today!

Speaking (like always) as a MASSIVE MINI fan, i must say i am overly excited about the new engines with more power and torque, HUD new MINI connect, new interior and every other little thing about this next generation of my favorite and most loved car brand.... except that front end... its pretty bad, i just hope to…

I think the main reasons I want to see this movie is because of Aaron Paul. and the fact it was filmed in Mendocino county here in California. I love that place!

Try Driving The JCW MINI. much, much more power when compared to the base mini. and 1,000,000% cooler too

hell yea go whiteskins! Michelob ultra stadium is where they play. john mayer always plays the halftime show ( ha, white people jokes)

Hey what about mcgruber?

its irrelevant to me, my next car WILL be a mini cooper (unless I win the lotto and buy a 911 and R8 first) and no matter what I want mini connected, with that big awesome screen in the center. I'm very excited to see the new audi-ish controls on them but would love to see a touch screen one day. I have to say the new…

speaking once again, as a huge Mini Cooper fan, I have to say that the only MINI I truly love is the hardtop, i like the sportyness of the coupe and roadster and i will miss them, but i am super excited to see this new "sports car" they may be rolling out. i just hope they keep the one thing i love the most about the…

i like this design ALOT more than what we saw in the spy pictures, i hope next years production model's front end looks more like the concepts shown, but i dont really like the paceman/countryman blinker lights and rim around the whole car, lets hope the jcw variant has a more sporty bodykit