Sitting inside the vastly upgraded Volcanic Orange 2014 Mini Hardtop Cooper S had me reaching into the depths of my memory, accessing moments from December, when the last-gen limited-edition Mini Hardtop John Cooper Works GP occupied a spot in our garage. I concluded that it would be unfair to base my entire judgment of this new Mini Hardtop Cooper S’ performance on my experiences had in the GP. It was the one Cooper, after all, which opened my eyes to the astounding degrees of stick and speed that could be eked from a street-legal, front-wheel drive city car. In doing so, it raised my expectations for future product assembled in Oxford. As I pressed the bright red Engine Start/Stop nubbin (okay, it’s a toggle) set behind the Getrag’s lever, I hoped that, at the very least, some semblance of the GP’s cornering cunning trickled down to its mass-made kin. Well, realizing the GP’s influence on the Cooper S required just a handful of canyon curves. The relatedness was definitely present, except, not to the astounding amount most of us here would have preferred. But to truly grasp the Cooper S’ handling persona, one must first take into account the many… Read full this story
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