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Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat. March 23, 2024

Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sun...

SpeedSportLife Highlights The MINI JCW Hardtop

John Kucek drives the MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop for SpeedSportLife and concludes:
. . . MINI is as MINI does, and if you’re on board with the styling, this brand’s all about fun. Buyers seeking a rounded, jack-of-all-trades car that possesses a duality of character like the VW GTI won’t be interested; the Cooper hardtop, particularly in JCW form, just wants to party from stoplight to stoplight. It’s a veritable theme park ride for the streets, albeit a pricey one, that appeals mostly to the young or young at heart.