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Hot Hatch Showdown

With auto show season officially, mercilessly and thankfully over, the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage stands to be full in just six weeks. A short time by any standard, but especially so when distilling over a hundred years of automotive excellence into just 50 vehicles. Two weeks ago saw the induction of the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, a car so finely crafted only a communist would disapprove. In this week's edition, we switch gears entirely. Compact, lightweight automobile construction, responsive suspension, spicy engine and a slick manual transmission. It's a simple formula which, if done properly, not only results in a car with character, but one which transcends the bottom-of-the-barrel genre and becomes something of legend, something which can ascend to the level of fantasy. This week, we examine the hot hatch. More »

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1:00 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
6,333 views, 135 comments

Latest by petersterncan: @ppiddy: "The Omni is awesome fast, but while the GTI feels like a simple-but-decent car and has a little funky cachet, the GLH-S feels like a piece of cheap plastic and is horribly unreliable". I wouldn't say ANY of these cars could be called more »

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2008 John Cooper Works Mini Cooper S, Revealed

Just in time for the Geneva Motor Show next month, the automaker all about the cars that are so small they're Mini has seen fit to release a bevy of shots and all the deets on their two big reveals for the show. The first is the official reveal of the John Cooper Works package for the 2008 Mini Cooper S. Other than the press shots we've got below, here's what we know about the up-powered Cooper S from a quick glance of the press release which we'll have up below the jump shortly. UPDATE:Full press release below the jump!

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6:00 PM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Ray Wert
5,417 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: Very cool, but we get hosed in Canada on pricing, I'm assuming close to 40k for the JCW up here (I just paid $26k for an '05 Cooper S... and that was considered a fair price!) By the way, forget about more »

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Mini to Build a Lighter, Faster Cooper S

After months of rumors on Mini enthusiast sites, BMW still hasn't confirmed it's bringing a faster, lighter version of its Cooper S to Frankfurt. That doesn't mean it's not going to happen, however, it just means the Mini folks are inclined to make us work for it. The new, factory-built model will be appointed for maximum weight savings to make the most of its 210hp John Cooper Works tuning package, upgraded suspension and grippier brakes. Only 2,000 will be built, and no prices have been announced, but track day will never be the same. More »

1:40 PM on Thu Aug 25 2005
By Mike Spinelli
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