Sportier MINI Countryman JCW Edition Spied Working out at the Nurburgring

Carscoop�s spy photographers have snapped some of the first images of the sportiest edition yet of the Mini Countryman bearing the John Cooper Works logo. The�high-hoon version of Mini�s urban crossover model will come with all the usual styling upgrades and performance modifications we�re used to seeing in the other JCW models.
First and foremost, the Countryman JCW will get a juiced up version of the Cooper S� 1.6-liter twin-scroll turbo engine. Being that the Countryman is much heavier than the other Mini JCW variants, engineers may further hone the four-cylinder powerplant to deliver more than 211-ponies it normally produces, possibly approaching the 230HP mark.