Looks like most car makers have already sent their PR people home for holidays, because as we get closer to the end of the year more and more official stuff leak onto the web long before they are set for debut. Following the M6 Gran Coupe earlier today, now we have the first pictures of the MINI Paceman John Cooper Works. Enjoy!

The visual treatment is of course familiar to those who have seen a JCW MINI before. The Paceman gets flared wheel arches, Cooper bumpers, side skirts, dual exhausts, larger wheels, and those iconic stripes. The Paceman being a coupe version of the Countryman, it gets the same engine as the Countryman JCW, which is a 1.6 liter turbo four-banger with 215 hp and up to 300 Nm of torque.

Official details should be released soon. So, stay tuned.