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SOMETHING Special; One last fillip for the first-generation New Mini.

AutoWeek,  July, 2006  

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Byline: Greg Kable BMW makes no bones that the Mini Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP kit is a limited-edition special. Less formally known as the Mini GP, it's a last hurrah before an all-new, larger and more sophisticated second-generation Mini model arrives later this year. Only 2000 copies have been produced for sale worldwide, with 750 allocated for North America (415 of those for the States).

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Cynics would argue the model is a product of creative marketing minds, and for the most part they'd be right. But the GP manages to bring something over and above existing Mini models ...

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