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kapps · Jul 26th, 2004, 11:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mlebeau

By the way Dave, I highly doubt they'll ever add AWD to a MINI. Its heritage is all about a successful FWD platform, and MINI also won't want to add ~400-500 lbs for AWD.

-mike

Or they could try and do what John Cooper did and stick another engine in the boot

and run two engines, each powering a seperate axle

. Too bad he almost killed himself in the process

. I think we'll have FWD for a while.

Jul 26th, 2004, 11:56 PM	#15
kapps MINI2 Senior Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Local Time: 06:47 PM Posts: 429 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by mlebeau By the way Dave, I highly doubt they'll ever add AWD to a MINI. Its heritage is all about a successful FWD platform, and MINI also won't want to add ~400-500 lbs for AWD. -mike Or they could try and do what John Cooper did and stick another engine in the boot and run two engines, each powering a seperate axle . Too bad he almost killed himself in the process . I think we'll have FWD for a while.