8/27/2023 0 Comments Honda type r 2000But at least it's not just a styling exercise. It's hard to argue that under BMW's stewardship, Mini is getting further and further away from that original purist ethos. In fact, in my eyes, it's not exactly Mini. But according to Mini, it's actually there to stop your shopping whacking you in the back if you brake suddenly. What you do get is this sort of red bar, which, at first glance, looks like a strut brace designed to improve the integrity of the body shell. The other thing I should point out, if you look inside, in order to save weight, Mini has junked the rear seats- you can't even have them fitted as an option- and gone to is the luggage shelf. Now, you might be thinking this is a moment of aerodynamic genius, but what it's actually for is to make sure that you don't decapitate the aerial every time you open the truck. Now, the piece de resistance is this split-wing, complete with little gurney flaps. You get some fantastic looking exhaust pipes. If you crawl underneath, you'll discover it isn't really a diffuser at all. And then, if you can follow me to the rear, please, sir, there's a diffuser down here. But what it actually does is collect gravel- strange. But if you follow me, you'll see at the back here that these vents don't really go anywhere. And apparently, they channel down the side of the car. This is using carbon-reinforced plastic, the sort of thing that you find on the BMW I3 and I8. These kind of wheel arch extensions designed to widen the track of the car give you, in theory, a bit more poise and stability. So ready for this, Charlie? Stay with me. My old skiing buddy, Matt Watson at Carlyle has his Stick of Truth, and I have my Chopstick of Shame. But what does irritate me is how much of it is fake. Now, whether you like it or not is purely subjective, and I certainly enjoy its sense of theater. It's like Mini's designers took one look at the Honda Civic Type R and said, hold my beer. The Mini Cooper S that won the Monte Carlo rally still looked like my mom's shopping machine. That first, classic Mini really was a work of genius, a genuinely pioneering family car with trick suspension that just happened to be good on the track and rally stage. And I'm sure we can all agree what a tragedy that would have been. It was my mom's first car, and legend has it that if she hadn't broken down in it and asked my dad for help, then I wouldn't have been here. To be honest, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Minis. But before all of that, be sure to subscribe to the Edmunds channel, and check out the link below for a companion piece on that reveals all the testing data. We're going to put them through the full Edmunds testing procedure, and then we're going to drive them on the track and declare a winner. Both are either new or updated, both are over 300 horsepower, both are front wheel drive, and both are uncompromising in their pursuit of performance. I'm Alistair Weaver, and we're here at the Edmunds Test Track with two of the hottest hatchbacks ever produced. ALISTAIR WEAVER: The Honda Civic Type R has long been Edmunds's favorite hot hatch, but now its crown is under threat from the limited edition 2021 Mini John Cooper Works GP, the most powerful, most extreme, and the most expensive production Mini ever. Reduced sound insulation for lighter weight.Higher-performing Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires.The Civic Type R Limited Edition is only offered in Phoenix Yellow and adds:
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