The denizens of today?s upper echelon of hot hatchbacks?the Volkswagen Golf R, Ford Focus RS, et al.?come with powerful turbocharged four-cylinder engines, all-wheel drive, and mid-$30,000 prices. Mini is no stranger to the hot-hatchback format (or, for that matter, the expensive hatchback format), but its pricey/spicy hatches have all been two-doors?until now. (We?re counting the 208-hp JCW Countryman and Paceman as crossovers.) Checking most of the same objective boxes as the Golf R and the Focus RS, if not the same subjective ones, Mini is releasing the all-wheel-drive, turbocharged, performance-themed John Cooper Works Clubman hatchback. READ MORE ??
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