MINI2 - MINI Forum - View Single Post - Cooper/One technical differences ne1 no??

Anthony27 · Jun 27th, 2002, 04:18 PM

You're right I just checked some independently measured power curves on th enet and the Copper does give a wee bit more torque even at 3,000 rpm.

Oh and it was measured at 123 bhp instead of the claimed 115.

So my impressions were not true to fact. Which doen't matter. The Cooper still "feels" like it's lacking in torque low down because of the power high up. Whereas the One is more even.

Talking about linearity I think the CVT gearbox (I've tried it) suits the One particularly well. It doesn't rev above 6,000 because it doesn't need to (there's no more power up there). But it keeps the revs around 3,000 even under relatively hard acceleration (bar the kick-down) because that's where there is more torque. And the acceleration is "seamless".

Jun 27th, 2002, 04:18 PM	#10
Anthony27 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lausanne, on Lake Ge Local Time: 10:13 PM Posts: 28 Offline	power curve You're right I just checked some independently measured power curves on th enet and the Copper does give a wee bit more torque even at 3,000 rpm. Oh and it was measured at 123 bhp instead of the claimed 115. So my impressions were not true to fact. Which doen't matter. The Cooper still "feels" like it's lacking in torque low down because of the power high up. Whereas the One is more even. Talking about linearity I think the CVT gearbox (I've tried it) suits the One particularly well. It doesn't rev above 6,000 because it doesn't need to (there's no more power up there). But it keeps the revs around 3,000 even under relatively hard acceleration (bar the kick-down) because that's where there is more torque. And the acceleration is "seamless". Safety fast!