The 2016 Mini JCW is surely its own car, fast, bratty and bristling with personality. Oh yes, it will be pricey if you linger too long on the options list, but either way, it presents itself as a uniquely spicy alternative to the buttoned-down GTI, the raucous Ford Focus ST, the sublime Ford Fiesta ST and that Italian/Mexican/Tasmanian Devil known as the Fiat Abarth.
