The new MINI John Cooper Works GP, the fastest model ever produced in the 60-year history of the brand, will be offered in the UK at a price of £33,895.

Built at MINI Plant Oxford in a limited-edition number of 3,000 vehicles, the new MINI John Cooper Works GP sets new standards for performance in the premium small car segment.

It has a powerful four-cylinder turbocharged engine delivering 225kW/306hp, plus individual chassis technology and aerodynamically optimised body features.

Complete with the racing know-how of John Cooper Works, the new GP also recorded a lap time on the Nordschleife at the Nürburgring of less than eight minutes.

The new MINI John Cooper Works GP will make its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show in California, open to the public from 22 November to 1 December 2019.