Today I had the pleasure of being able to test the new Cooper Works extensively. Conclusion : Ordered immediately Unfortunately the Works will only be delivered from Okober/Novermber. My experience in detail : The dealer has now provided me with a black Cooper Works with just 150 kilometers on the speedometer. He had mounted the series suspension and was therefore very harmonious to drive. Even the Runflats seem to be getting a little better in this respect. the dealer immediately agreed to exchange the Runflats for Pirelli zero Nero at the end of the race ( free of charge ). Of course, the engine had not really entered at 150 kilometers, so I first carefully brought it to operating temperature. Then it went directly to Highway A 81. Of course he had his stated maximum speed (to Heinz ) on the level, as by the way, with all cars usual, otherwise the manufacturer would not write it in the papers, loosely In case of slight gradient, without tailwind (I kept my finger out of it ), I brought it to 253 km/h according to the digital speedometer (not tachometer ) before I had to drive from the gas. The tachometer was just in front of the first stroke of the red area. However, there was not much feeling, 255 km/h would have been in it, with stronger descent or tailwind even 260 km/h should be possible, according to Tacho. The engine is really a dream, very good passage and great sound. Not intrusive but sporty under full speed. Pleasant even as in the S, as no annoying frequencies occur. Without sports button very harmonious gas acceptance, with sports button very direct, but without jerking. The steering used crispy direct, whereby with the sports button no big difference was felt any more. Traction absolutely (in the dry ) no problem. Overall a very harmoniously tuned engine. Here you notice that the professionals of BM The consumption was not higher than that of the Cooper S. The brakes were used to delay well, with no difference to the S fixed. Unfortunately, the running flat tires do not bring the brake reading to the road, which was felt by the strongly regulating ABS even with normal braking maneuvers. However, the delay is still so strong that the rear axle becomes very light and thus the vehicle becomes nervous. Therefore, as with my D, the brakes are running very fast. Since then, the D has been running like on rails even with heavy braking maneuvers. The Works is a really great car with search potential, which can be moved damn fast, but is surprisingly comfortable and therefore absolutely suitable for everyday and long-distance use. The price was amazing. Since many options, such as aluminium rims, sports seats etc. are already series, the surcharge for my equipment variant was only about 3,000,– Euro compared to the S . Markus