BF Review: 2007 Cooper S
Sections: MINI, Review May 13th, 2007 No Comments
Based on my previous review of the R56, I knew there was a lot to like about this car. It’s certainly true I came away very impressed (and somewhat surprised) by both the road and track performance of the car at the official BMW press launch earlier this year. But how does this result change in the real world? And when driven back to back to back with a modded R53 (one which happens to live in my garage) how would the R56 feel? Would I discover a soul in that turbo? Or would I find some fatal flaws that would convince me to put my R53 in storage for the eventual Barrett-Jackson windfall sure to come for all R53 owners?
These are questions not easily answered in just a week’s worth of motoring. So instead of a week, I thought I’d try for two month’s worth…in seven days. After some potential logistical nightmares and a hastily arranged overnight truck from Detroit, I had my 2007 Cooper S press car (courtesy of MINI USA) just in time for the most important week of motoring I’d do all year: MINIs on the Dragon.
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