WIRE IN THE BLOOD
There are only a handful of cars able to tell between heads and tails as they run over a coin. The Mini GP does not only happily oblige, it can tell you the year it was minted, too.
Firm springs and dampers are, of course, no guarantee of fun. But they make perfect sense on the Mini GP, a car that treads a fine line between pleasure and pain. Just leaf through the bible of automotive no-nos and the classic vices are all here in abundance: torque steer, waywardness at any speed, marginal ride comfort… But you know what? It’s impossible not get a kick out of this doped super-Mini.
A rather rough daily driver, the £33,895 limited-edition two-seater nails the bullseye if what you want is a hot hatch that can cope with the high street but will truly come alive on a trackday. Mini is building 3000 GPs, of which 575 are reserved for the UK.
It’s a serious bit of kit,
