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Root Ginger · Jan 25th, 2006, 02:27 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mini Me GB

According to motoringfile.com the future Mini Cooper will have six gears like the MCS.. I guess the Mini ONE will stick to five gears?

Don't know what there source is but they also say the CVT will be dropped in favour for an automatic similar to the one the MCS currently uses..

Makes sense, my MC Works always needed 6 gears and presuming the standard MC will have more power than the outgoing one I think this will be a smart move.

Jan 25th, 2006, 02:27 PM	#2
Root Ginger Amiga 500 to PS3 20 Years Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Slough, Berkshire Local Time: 10:19 PM Posts: 4,673 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Mini Me GB According to motoringfile.com the future Mini Cooper will have six gears like the MCS.. I guess the Mini ONE will stick to five gears? Don't know what there source is but they also say the CVT will be dropped in favour for an automatic similar to the one the MCS currently uses.. Makes sense, my MC Works always needed 6 gears and presuming the standard MC will have more power than the outgoing one I think this will be a smart move. It was acceptable in the 80's