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Re: More Powerful MINI JCW Performance kit Spied at Nurburgring - 11-07-2007, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by vabboud View Post
what is the cost of a small power hike and some tuning and kitting? let's call it X
what is the cost of making the mini AWD and giving it a substantial power hike? a large multiple of X
what is the profit from such a model? surely not as a large as the cost

but if you factor in the AWD readiness of the mini platform, given the coming SUV, this could be a realitly sometime after the intro of the Mini SUV
Well, it was more a joke than an opinion based on analysis as you propably guessed. Heck, 300 hp would be stepping on 135i's toes powerwise! But I can still dream about Mini Cooper AWD with 240-280 hp.
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