MINI John Cooper Works GP in Berlin (2021) SlideShow
1The atmosphere crackles - something is in the air of Berlin. On the Glienicke Bridge, passers-by are amazed. Agent exchange? No, there was something like that before, actually, only three times between 1962 and 1986. Now it is the MINI John Cooper Works GP (fuel consumption combined: 7.3 l/100 km; CO2 emissions combined: 167 g/km according to WLTP) that catches the eye. The fastest MINI ever built is also rarely seen. The 225 kW/306 hp model was built in a small series of only 3000 units.
The MINI John Cooper Works GP is actually too spirited for city traffic. But its agile handling characteristics and compact dimensions are extremely helpful in the hustle of the metropolis with its almost four million inhabitants. And the impressive charisma, which is provided by wheel arch trims made of carbon, a roof spoiler with double-wing contour, 18-inch lightweight forged wheels and a model-specific suspension with vehicle lowering, fits perfectly into the image of a city where big appearances play a big role.
The most modern top sports car in the model range of the traditional British brand approaches the capital from the south-west, where history and modernity merge in a unique way. And this already begins on the Glienicke Bridge, which has been still a simple wooden bridge 350 years ago. But due to the growing volume of traffic it became part of one of the most important connecting routes between the residential cities of Berlin and Potsdam. Today, the route leads via Königsstraße to the city motorway 115 through Grunewald. This is where the "Automobile Traffic and Practice Road" was opened 100 years ago. In its original layout of around 19 kilometres, the AVUS connected today's exhibition grounds near the Charlottenburg district and Nikolassee near Zehlendorf with two straights and a north and a south curve.