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dalboyne · Mar 2nd, 2008, 08:05 AM

With all the current excitement about the JCW S, am I alone in thinking there's a gap in the MINI range power-wise? I've just read about a Peugeot 308 that uses the 1.6L motor outputing 150 HP, and it occurs to me that there's a big gap between the 120 HP of the Cooper and the 175 HP of the Cooper S.

Is there anyone else out there in MINI2-land who might like a bit more power than the standard Cooper, but finds the S a little OTT when it comes to insurance, economy, CO2 emissions etc?
In which case, why doesn't MINI introduce (say) a 145-150 HP model? And what would it be called? The Cooper T, or maybe the GT?

Other opinions welcome!

Ian

Mar 2nd, 2008, 08:05 AM	#1
dalboyne Now testing a Clubman.... My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Luxembourg Local Time: 02:11 AM Posts: 1,547 Offline	Missing Model? With all the current excitement about the JCW S, am I alone in thinking there's a gap in the MINI range power-wise? I've just read about a Peugeot 308 that uses the 1.6L motor outputing 150 HP, and it occurs to me that there's a big gap between the 120 HP of the Cooper and the 175 HP of the Cooper S. Is there anyone else out there in MINI2-land who might like a bit more power than the standard Cooper, but finds the S a little OTT when it comes to insurance, economy, CO2 emissions etc? In which case, why doesn't MINI introduce (say) a 145-150 HP model? And what would it be called? The Cooper T, or maybe the GT? Other opinions welcome! Ian