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| March 03, 2008 | Kable, Greg | COPYRIGHT 2008 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: GREG KABLE

Mini crowns its lineup with a second-generation version of the John Cooper Works, including a Works-massaged version of the all-new Clubman, at the Geneva show.

The new go-fast Minis head to the United States in August in two body styles: the standard two-door and the roomier three-door Clubman, at $28,550 and $30,800, respectively.

Both models run a tuned version of the turbocharged, 1.6-liter, four-cylinder, direct-injection gasoline engine found in the Cooper S. Power is rated at 218 hp, an 8-hp increase over the first-generation model, and torque is also up, by 11 lb-ft, to 192 lb-ft. As with the old ...

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