C&D on the new Cooper’s chassis
April 3rd, 2007The clutch is snappy quick, the brakes are abrupt, the steering is darty, the ride is nasty… The quickness of the controls is fun right up to when is not. Out in the twisties the mood turns edgy, particularly when the road lurches up and down. The too-sudden brakes pitch the tail up, the steering bites ravenously into turns, the suspension abruptly unloads a corner, and the path gets uh-oh... Let’s just say the Mini is great fun if you think it is.
NOTE: Journalists so rarely take into account how the test car’s equipment changes their ‘rank’ and here there is no mention of whether the test car had the firmer suspension or not (it’s no longer standard on the S).