This may have been mentioned before, but even so it's worth repeating!

Just picked up the May issue of "CAR" magazine (very cool British mag) and they choose the 100 best cars in the world.

The MCS is #2, second only to the Porsche 911 turbo! The standard Cooper also did well, coming in at #24..

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I've had a 911 non-turbo. It's not all that. So what if it won't do 190mph. it's the corners that are fun and the MINI takes them better. Maybe it's only because you love the one you're with. But I think the MINI is the best car. :lol:

I think that this car should be at the top of the list. It is an awsome car.

I've had my MCS since Feb 10 and I have motored about 2450 miles in Hawaii on an island 40 miles wide.
As I drive the MCS I am just beginning to appreciate and experience what it is capable of doing. One eye opening thing I did last week is to go to an all day driving class.

In the afternoon I got onto a track and on two separte occasions instructors drove my MCS on the track giving me some instruction on what to do. As professional teachers you could tell they were very comfortable doing track driving and they had no trouble driving pretty hard in a car they had little experience with. They were always smooth and in control, looked easy. Their driving skill revealed what the MCS could do in the right hands (and feet). I had a madness intake and rear swaybar set to stiff but otherwise had a stock MCS with sports package and Pirelli runflat tires.

When it was my turn to drive I made my share of mistakes- not too big but I didn't drive like they did. But I am inspired by what I saw and I look forward to my next class. I try to practice some of the things I learned, in my everyday driving- be smooth, don't waste effort.

I'm thrilled I have a chance to drive a cooper S, there is so much to learn, there is a huge performance envelope.
I think it deserves at least #2. :grin:

Hey Calvin77, any way you could post that article? NUMMYTIME

I searched for the car magazine article from May but didn't find it.

I did find this article that was extensive.
http://www.europeancarweb.com/featur...ini/index.html

Not bad.

that is really cool to hear about that... i would love to see it too

do u think there was any foul play since the mini cooper is british and it was in a british mag? :razz:

do u think there was any foul play since the mini cooper is british and it was in a british mag?

of course...I love my MCS, but better than an M3...forgetaboutit...lol

>>Hey Calvin77, any way you could post that article? NUMMYTIME

It's not really a written article, its more like a pictorial spread with pictures of each of the 100 cars and their rank, along with a brief explanation of why they ranked like they did.

Next to the MCS's picture, it says:

#2 MINI Cooper S
"Why is it here?:
No car is more fun for everyday driving than a MINI Cooper S, with its enthusiastic handling, whizzy supercharged engine and insatiable appetite for corners. It's more than capable of humbling supposed superiors on a favorite back road."

The M3, by the way, ranked at #14.

Calvin - thanks for post

Minihune - thanks for link to article. I've seen quite a few in the past and, WOW, it really went into lots of detail. Appreciate the thought and food for my brain - Lard knows I need it! :lol: NUMMYTIME

MINI WINS AGAIN! I didn't hear about this yet...thanks, Calvin! :grin:

The M3, by the way, ranked at #14.

Those Brits might want to spend less time in the pubs drinking pints and actually drive the cars....I'm sure the german car mags will have different results, as well as the Japanese, WRX #1, laugh.....Detroit mag I'm sure has the Vette #1....totally political but still fun to read at any rate..

BTW...I have driven a M3 on a closed course and well, nothing even a close 2nd in terms of exhilaration, except maybe my first date with my wife...gotta be careful, she sometimes reads the posts here to make sure I haven't bought a pulley reduction kit...lol

Just saw pics of the new M4...looks a little too much like the M5 for my tastes, from 333hp to almost 400, but 1" longer wheelbase and 2" wider track....when is this hp race going to end among all these companies, laugh !

Lost to a Porsche? Ugh...

After just returning from the Deal's Gap rally, I'd say that the MCS is #1. There's not a factory Porsche made that could keep up with me on those type of roads. And considering cost, I could buy an MCS and a modest house for the cost of one 911 Turbo.