Mini Roadster JCW - Sports Cars
We live in a multicultural society, (quite) tolerant and sophisticated. Let's pretend we know and appreciate wine, we go to the theater on Fridays and to the spa on weekends. But when we happened to lead one Mini John Cooper Works Roadster it's like stepping back in time.
This is a strange phenomenon. Especially when you look at the Roadster's chunky nose, wider track, eye-catching stripes, large black wheel arches andundercut lowered. And if you think that its 1,6-liter turbo has 211bhp. and 279 Nm, and this disgusting little hot rod weighs only 1.260 kg, a Neanderthal comes to mind. But the question is, are you male (or female) enough to lead it?
I'm kidding. At least that's how it seems to me. Because underneath that, the “effeminate” JCW Roadster is an aggressive and sometimes rebellious little girl. On main roads, she is determined to change direction and has a nervous balance. On uneven surfaces, it bounces and bounces, but the speed does not slow down, and it is excellent. engine he whistles and mutters and shoots the front wheels. But you walk forward with your eyes wide open and your hands gripping tightly to the steering wheel, waiting for the rear to kick in in no time.
A Lotus technician parked him on the side of the road and then put an end to his misery with a good can of gas and a Zippo. But - even though it may seem so lonely to me, because I'm already projected into a rougher and sillier past - it's fun. Let's just say it will never let you forget you have a baby. sports... But it normal.
The roadster is based on the Mini Coupé. The floor has been reinforced to compensate for the loss of structural stiffness due to removal roof baseball cap style as well suspensions, even if the parameters included in Package of chili set with this pattern are slightly stiffer to compensate for the overall softening. And they do it very well: the roadster is tough and aggressive. This can also be seen from its numbers: it disconnects 0-100 in 6,5 seconds and reaches 237 km / h, and if it doesn't match those numbers at first, you soon realize that the engine was designated as naturally aspirated. and the thrust rises steadily with the revs up to the red line. If you hold it high, the JCW flies.
Inside is the usual Mini made of fancy short switches. pens and the bulk speedometer the central one, which also houses the infotainment screen. Maybe the designers do me well, but I like it.
La Driving Position it's great, but i points athletic not athletic enough to hold you tight. IN steering it has the ideal dimensions, but the sections in Alcantara they are placed in unfamiliar places where you never put your hands.
But even so, it looks special and expensive. When you open awning in cloth by turning a knob and flipping a switch, the roadster's charm continues.
The first thing you notice is the stiffness of the ride and the speed of the steering. As ever, the Mini is wary when entering corners to the point where the rear end often threatens to spin out. On smoother roads, it's fantastic, it glides through corners with almost no oncoming turn, and the balance stays neutral. If you lift your foot in a corner, it will over-steer like the best cars in its class.
On the roughest roads, however, that playfulness turns to nervousness as the suspensions struggle to handle lateral and vertical loads while the stability systems struggle to smooth out disconnections. Even the best ESP it does not help when the wheels are not touching the asphalt. The Roadster squeaks on the toughest roads, where the Coupe is rock solid. Pulling hard on the neck can make it very difficult to steer the JCW. There thrust this is a problem (no limited slip differential even as an option) even in dry weather when the two-stage traction control is deactivated. But on the other hand, it is also very balanced and grips on smoother roads, while the engine and engine Speed six gears are excellent. On a purely dynamic level, there are plenty of cars that are better than her at € 34.800, but that doesn't mean the Roadster can be dismissed as totally stylish rather than meaningful.
