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	<title>Comments on: BMW to showcase 2007 Mini Cooper S GP</title>
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		<title>By: maggie</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-showcase-2007-mini-cooper-s-gp.html/comment-page-1#comment-259439</link>
		<dc:creator>maggie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey matthew v. what do you mean by &quot;end model design&quot;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey matthew v. what do you mean by &#8220;end model design&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: Larry L. Taggart</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry L. Taggart</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 22:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why in the world would you want to change such a great little sports car that attracts everyone who see it.  I own a 2002 Coupe, and love it.  I get 45.3 miles per gallon, Everyone asks what it is, wants one when they hear the MPG.  Why would you come out with a vehicle that loses the appeal and enjoyment of ownership for a vehicle that has no appeal.  Just keep what you have.  &quot;If it ain&#039;t broke, don&#039;t fix it&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why in the world would you want to change such a great little sports car that attracts everyone who see it.  I own a 2002 Coupe, and love it.  I get 45.3 miles per gallon, Everyone asks what it is, wants one when they hear the MPG.  Why would you come out with a vehicle that loses the appeal and enjoyment of ownership for a vehicle that has no appeal.  Just keep what you have.  &#8220;If it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank H</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frank H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not posting here to defend myself.... just to re-state what I think BMW/Mini missed an oportunity to do. 

Remember the BMW 3.0 CSL, the BMW 2002 turbo or even the E36 M3 lightweight? At least those cars where significantly different enough to justify a special status or even the price. This &quot;last&quot; MCS special model could have been much better. To me it is no better than my 2002 JCW MCS and spending that kind of $ for what they&#039;re giving you makes little sense.

I&#039;d compare this offering being like the MC40 that was sold a couple years ago. A lot of big to do about very little... mostly stickers and a limited run. Why bother?

If you&#039;re going to make a limited run vehicle..... at least make it worth buying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not posting here to defend myself&#8230;. just to re-state what I think BMW/Mini missed an oportunity to do. </p>
<p>Remember the BMW 3.0 CSL, the BMW 2002 turbo or even the E36 M3 lightweight? At least those cars where significantly different enough to justify a special status or even the price. This &#8220;last&#8221; MCS special model could have been much better. To me it is no better than my 2002 JCW MCS and spending that kind of $ for what they&#8217;re giving you makes little sense.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d compare this offering being like the MC40 that was sold a couple years ago. A lot of big to do about very little&#8230; mostly stickers and a limited run. Why bother?</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re going to make a limited run vehicle&#8230;.. at least make it worth buying.</p>
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		<title>By: David Kadron</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-showcase-2007-mini-cooper-s-gp.html/comment-page-1#comment-193032</link>
		<dc:creator>David Kadron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that they have the right idea. They could have done better however. BMW has several cars with all-wheel drive they should have come up with one that would fit in the Mini. The loss of weight is good and if it does compete with the Evolution and the Impreza than all the better. if they really got serious it could increase the sales and also reinstate the Mini Cooper in Rally Racing. They are headed in the right direction and they are still one of the most original cars on the road.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that they have the right idea. They could have done better however. BMW has several cars with all-wheel drive they should have come up with one that would fit in the Mini. The loss of weight is good and if it does compete with the Evolution and the Impreza than all the better. if they really got serious it could increase the sales and also reinstate the Mini Cooper in Rally Racing. They are headed in the right direction and they are still one of the most original cars on the road.</p>
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		<title>By: Matthew V</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matthew V</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ouch, Frank H. is bitter.  Did you miss the deadline to get one. Dang.  Well Frank I hear what you are saying about some of the ways to lighten the vehicle, but in the end it is a special edition car that only 2000 people will ever have. Something tells me in the Lancer was put out in the same limited format there might be some left over for the following year.  JCW is the best to have gotten to do this model and it is a great way to end out the model design.  There is a reason all of these have sold and they are one of the most popular compact cars not only in Europe but the US as well. Well Frank I will let you know how it drives, sorry you feel so angry, maybe you should wait for the Lancer GP, yeah...that sounds good.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ouch, Frank H. is bitter.  Did you miss the deadline to get one. Dang.  Well Frank I hear what you are saying about some of the ways to lighten the vehicle, but in the end it is a special edition car that only 2000 people will ever have. Something tells me in the Lancer was put out in the same limited format there might be some left over for the following year.  JCW is the best to have gotten to do this model and it is a great way to end out the model design.  There is a reason all of these have sold and they are one of the most popular compact cars not only in Europe but the US as well. Well Frank I will let you know how it drives, sorry you feel so angry, maybe you should wait for the Lancer GP, yeah&#8230;that sounds good.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank H</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frank H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like another glorified factory Cooper S to me. All the &quot;modifications&quot; on this car sound like adding standard JCW parts to a standard S and deleting the rear seat, adding a special front spoiler and then charging a premium for it. Why pay big money for that?  Red mirrors? Why? Ugly.....

What they really need to do is go the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution route. Make alloy body panels to lighten the car (rear roof, front bonnet, wings and door skins) that&#039;d take out easily as much as just removing the rear seat. Then strip the sound deadening, rear seat and other bits out for a truly light weight mini (probably under 2400 lbs). Then do suspension and engine mods for almost 260 hp (it is possible as it has been done).

Then you&#039;d have a car worth buying. Not this piece of factory advertising!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like another glorified factory Cooper S to me. All the &#8220;modifications&#8221; on this car sound like adding standard JCW parts to a standard S and deleting the rear seat, adding a special front spoiler and then charging a premium for it. Why pay big money for that?  Red mirrors? Why? Ugly&#8230;..</p>
<p>What they really need to do is go the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution route. Make alloy body panels to lighten the car (rear roof, front bonnet, wings and door skins) that&#8217;d take out easily as much as just removing the rear seat. Then strip the sound deadening, rear seat and other bits out for a truly light weight mini (probably under 2400 lbs). Then do suspension and engine mods for almost 260 hp (it is possible as it has been done).</p>
<p>Then you&#8217;d have a car worth buying. Not this piece of factory advertising!</p>
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		<title>By: Jordan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>red mirrors? why?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>red mirrors? why?</p>
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		<title>By: Marcus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yeah&#039; whatever they said!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeah&#8217; whatever they said!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Le pepatine di Ginevra 1: Clio RS, Mini JCW GP, Forfour SBR</title>
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		<dc:creator>Le pepatine di Ginevra 1: Clio RS, Mini JCW GP, Forfour SBR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Il popolo delle pepatine è sempre una sorpresa. Dopo aver attraversato periodi più dimessi, è già da qualche anno che il mercato presenta piccole scatolette che girano attorno ai 200CV come niente fosse, ed ancora più interessante è la diretta derivazione pistaiola o rallystica di tanti di questi modelli. La reginetta del settore con molta probabilità è la Clio RS. L’evoluzione del 2 litri portato a 197CV (98,5 Cv/litro!! @7250g/m) garantisce la spinta necessaria a far muovere un telaio che per tradizione è il più comunicativo ed agile del segmento.  Questa nuova Clio non dovrebbe tradire tali aspettative, anche perché oltre all’evoluzione dei temi già esistenti introduce concetti aerodinamici inediti per la categoria, e sicuramente approfondiremo l’argomento più concretamente. Intanto i numeri che la accompagnano nelle presentazioni sono 6.9 secondi nello 0-100 e 27.5 secondi sul kilometro; la velocità massima è di 215 km/h mentre la coppia arriva ad un massimo di 215 Nm a 5550 giri/min. Chi è in condizione di assorbire i numeri della Clio è invece la Mini. Certamente più costosa, differente come concetto, ma studiata anche lei per dare tutto il piacere nel misto stretto. A Ginevra è presente la Mini Cooper S JCW GP, l’ultima elaborazione, prodotta in serie limitata ma con quei 218CV che la posizionano proprio tra le Sport Hatches di eccezione. Forse questa di eccezione ne fa anche troppa, considerando che è stata trasformata in una sorta di Shooting brake vista l’assenza del divanetto posteriore. Anche come assetto dovremmo essere oltre ogni limite, almeno a giudicare dalla barra duomi montata al posteriore, insomma prenderla come alternativa della Clio sembrerebbe un po’ una forzatura, ma è commercializzata, il segmento è lo stesso, la potenza non è molto dissimile… il prezzo vabbè non è nelle competenze di questo confronto. Poi c’è un altro preparatore ufficiale che ha snaturato una piccoletta, scaraventandola in questa competizione virtuale. E’ Brabus, che ha dopato l’ennesima Smart, la Forfour, presentando a Ginevra un’auto pronta per la commercializzazione e che vanta la bellezza di 211CV, e già sempre intorno a questi numeri. La Brabus Forfour SBR almeno sulla carta sembra pronta a fare il demonio, con uno 0-100 in 6.4 secondi, 226 km/h come velocità di punta ed un differenziale autobloccante variabile, indispensabile per scaricare potenze simili su auto a trazione anteriore di questo tipo. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Il popolo delle pepatine è sempre una sorpresa. Dopo aver attraversato periodi più dimessi, è già da qualche anno che il mercato presenta piccole scatolette che girano attorno ai 200CV come niente fosse, ed ancora più interessante è la diretta derivazione pistaiola o rallystica di tanti di questi modelli. La reginetta del settore con molta probabilità è la Clio RS. L’evoluzione del 2 litri portato a 197CV (98,5 Cv/litro!! @7250g/m) garantisce la spinta necessaria a far muovere un telaio che per tradizione è il più comunicativo ed agile del segmento.  Questa nuova Clio non dovrebbe tradire tali aspettative, anche perché oltre all’evoluzione dei temi già esistenti introduce concetti aerodinamici inediti per la categoria, e sicuramente approfondiremo l’argomento più concretamente. Intanto i numeri che la accompagnano nelle presentazioni sono 6.9 secondi nello 0-100 e 27.5 secondi sul kilometro; la velocità massima è di 215 km/h mentre la coppia arriva ad un massimo di 215 Nm a 5550 giri/min. Chi è in condizione di assorbire i numeri della Clio è invece la Mini. Certamente più costosa, differente come concetto, ma studiata anche lei per dare tutto il piacere nel misto stretto. A Ginevra è presente la Mini Cooper S JCW GP, l’ultima elaborazione, prodotta in serie limitata ma con quei 218CV che la posizionano proprio tra le Sport Hatches di eccezione. Forse questa di eccezione ne fa anche troppa, considerando che è stata trasformata in una sorta di Shooting brake vista l’assenza del divanetto posteriore. Anche come assetto dovremmo essere oltre ogni limite, almeno a giudicare dalla barra duomi montata al posteriore, insomma prenderla come alternativa della Clio sembrerebbe un po’ una forzatura, ma è commercializzata, il segmento è lo stesso, la potenza non è molto dissimile… il prezzo vabbè non è nelle competenze di questo confronto. Poi c’è un altro preparatore ufficiale che ha snaturato una piccoletta, scaraventandola in questa competizione virtuale. E’ Brabus, che ha dopato l’ennesima Smart, la Forfour, presentando a Ginevra un’auto pronta per la commercializzazione e che vanta la bellezza di 211CV, e già sempre intorno a questi numeri. La Brabus Forfour SBR almeno sulla carta sembra pronta a fare il demonio, con uno 0-100 in 6.4 secondi, 226 km/h come velocità di punta ed un differenziale autobloccante variabile, indispensabile per scaricare potenze simili su auto a trazione anteriore di questo tipo. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Motorpasión</title>
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		<dc:creator>Motorpasión</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;2007 Mini Cooper S GP, otro Mini en Ginebra&lt;/strong&gt;

 Hace menos de dos horas mi compañero Daniel anunciaba el Mini Geneva Concept y ahora le toca el turno a otro Mini, que particularmente a mi me gusta bastante más, por el exterior y por lo que esconde bajo su capó. El Mini Cooper S GP hará su prime...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>2007 Mini Cooper S GP, otro Mini en Ginebra</strong></p>
<p> Hace menos de dos horas mi compañero Daniel anunciaba el Mini Geneva Concept y ahora le toca el turno a otro Mini, que particularmente a mi me gusta bastante más, por el exterior y por lo que esconde bajo su capó. El Mini Cooper S GP hará su prime&#8230;</p>
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