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Since May I use another hatchback than the JCW as daily transport, the GR Yaris. The car impress every second and was the best buy ever. You dont have to pay more than 31.000 ( including 19% sales tax) to have an insane winner of stock performance.
The 31.000 includes - Rear Camera, CarPlay ( its working !) any every thinkable E gimmick.... which are worth with MINI further 4000 Dollars. Someone said Toyota loses 60.000 on each car they sell, but to buy a homologated rally car for customer sport you pay easy up to 600.000 for a non street legal WRC racer.
Funny it shares the GP3 tyre format of 225/35/18, the weight is nearly the same as the GP3, which is top for a 4WD . The brakes are bespoke and the 355mm front disc allow, opposite to the GP3 (360mm), to use the calipers with more sporty 17" Michelin Cup 2. You even can chose a staggered wheel setup with 255mm wide tires at the rear, which make sense as you can switch to rear wheel drive by pressing a button, so you brake a hairpin with 50:50 and leave it with a 30:70 power slide.
Top speed is limited to 230 km/h ( Japan 180 ), this is the only issue I dont like, it brakes down to 220, which is dangerous if you have your alter ego at your rear bumper. Rebel Green frozen
Last edited by Clutch Wotan; Aug 21, 2021 at 10:44 PM.
Cool! I like to see cars like this. Aside from being cool on their own, they put a little more heat under MINI to make their cars’ performance stand out. The engines in the 3rd gen are held so far back from their potential. :-/
Other than BMW saving their "Comp" cars for that marque.... ZERO reason that the GP can't have, at least, the driveline and engine from the JCW clubman.... and really should have the ALL4 and the 301HP (+) engine with a 6-spd.
Cool! I like to see cars like this. Aside from being cool on their own, they put a little more heat under MINI to make their cars’ performance stand out. The engines in the 3rd gen are held so far back from their potential. :-/
The engine of the 3rd gen. are not held back, they simply weak ! A B38 ( Mini 3Cyl.) you only tune once. While a B38-E ( only used in the I8 Plugin) is close to the 3 Cyl. of the Yaris. Again "E" stand for forged pistons, crankshaft, crankcase. The GP3 has the same genes B48-E.
Other than BMW saving their "Comp" cars for that marque.... ZERO reason that the GP can't have, at least, the driveline and engine from the JCW clubman.... and really should have the ALL4 and the 301HP (+) engine with a 6-spd.
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For that we have to wait, that GETRAG makes the new 6 speed manual taking 500Nm. As the new BMW M135 loses all road test against their competitors, some idi....... have realized they should do that. I suppose we see that next year, maybe not 500Nm but more than 360. :-)
You can of course use as an alternative for a GP3 also a modified GP3 :-)
On its way for the final test
As a matter of interest you can find 8 changes over the Original in this picture ! This does not show the rear, the underfloor and the interior. We managed to reduce the front weight by 70 kgs, overall we got more than a 100 kgs safe. There is still a potential of 60 kgs which due to Corona has been delayed for a 2022 race car participating in SP3T (2.0 Turbo Class) the winner of this year 24H at the Ring VW GOLF TCR is the benchmark.
Last edited by Clutch Wotan; Aug 18, 2021 at 11:28 PM.
