Mini Unleashes Wild JCW Duo: Seashore Cruiser Meets Observe Monster

Gasoline And Electrical Duo Debuts In Munich

The unique Mini was a trustworthy every day driver that was additionally at house on a racetrack, a duality Mini is attempting to recapture with a pair of one-off John Cooper Works (JCW) hatches personalized by clothes model Deus Ex Machina. The duo—one gasoline, one electrical—will debut on the 2025 Munich Auto Present, together with an identical attire assortment.

“Mini fashions have all the time been characterised by a mix of inventive design and motorsports dynamics,” Stefan Richmann, head of the Mini model, mentioned in an announcement. “Because of our collaboration with Deus Ex Machina, we’re taking this philosophy to a brand new degree and setting thrilling new tendencies for followers and motorsports fanatics.”

Electrical Seashore Cruiser

The EV half of the pair is known as Skeg, and it is impressed by browsing. Its exterior options the everyday Mini electrical colour palette of yellow and silver, with an illuminated grille. Making use of the go-to materials for surfboards, the Skeg additionally options translucent fiberglass physique panels that additionally scale back the automotive’s curb weight by 15%, based on Mini. A fiberglass rear spoiler is formed like a surfboard, whereas rigidity straps on the roof “reference the acquainted ritual of tying down a surfboard after a session,” the automaker says.

Mini claims the inside is supposed to appear to be a “cell surf store,” and it contains practical parts like fiberglass trays for wetsuits and storage cabinets to suit that theme. Light-weight racing bucket seats are upholstered in the identical neoprene materials as wetsuits, whereas the dashboard is comprised of fiberglass to additional emphasize the surfboard connection.

The Skeg is predicated on the two-door Mini Cooper JCW Electrical hatch that is not presently offered in america (Mini mentioned in November 2024 that it was delaying new electrical fashions for the U.S., however did not say they had been outright canceled). It has a 255-horsepower electrical motor driving the entrance wheels, which can get it from 0-62 mph in 5.9 seconds, based on Mini. The highest pace is electronically restricted to 124 mph, whereas a 54.2-kilowatt-hour battery pack gives as much as 230 miles of vary (as measured on the European WLTP testing cycle).

Motorsport Heritage

The second Deus Ex Machina collab car is named, appropriately sufficient, the Machina. It is a gasoline JCW hatch that leans into Mini’s racing heritage, which incorporates quite a few rally and touring-car victories. That is conveyed with a crimson, white, and black livery, widened fenders, rally-style lights, and a practical rear diffuser. The Machina additionally sports activities a big rear spoiler that Mini says is impressed by those on classic Can-Am race vehicles.

The crimson, white, and black colour palette is repeated inside, the place five-point harnesses, naked door panels and aluminum ground plates, and a bevy of toggle switches create a real racing aesthetic. The automotive additionally has a hydraulic handbrake—one other nod to Mini’s affiliation with rallying.

The Machina is predicated on the gasoline MINI JCW two-door hatch that arrived within the U.S. as a 2025 mannequin. A turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine gives 228 hp, permitting the gasoline mannequin to roughly match the JCW EV’s 0-62 mph time, whereas the highest pace is proscribed to 155 mph. Gasoline fashions are additionally front-wheel drive, with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.

Mini Appears Again

Within the context of the massive international debuts anticipated at this yr’s Munich Auto Present—together with Mini mother or father BMW’s iX3 electrical SUV—one-off variations of vehicles that exist already appear a bit phoned-in by comparability. However Mini has spent the previous few years refreshing its lineup not solely with new variations of the standard Cooper hatch, but additionally a redesigned Countryman SUV (with a first-ever all-electric choice), and the brand new Aceman EV. So it is laborious responsible Mini for throttling again.

The model can also be going into full retro mode celebrating the 66th anniversary of the unique Mini, which was unveiled by The British Motor Company on August 26, 1959. Along with the Deus Ex Machina Munich present vehicles, it is also constructing an ultra-limited run of six Mini 66 Assortment fashions, equally break up between the gasoline and electrical JCW hatches, for Singapore that value the equal of round $200,000 every.