How different can the same gear box be?A six-speed manual transmission is standard, and it received high marks with a few caveats. One editor complained that the clutch was especially touchy when launching from a complete stop and that it felt a bit notchy throughout the whole shift pattern. Another editor logged a more optimistic opinion saying that the Cooper S' gearbox produced a more positive feel after each shift was completed — more so than the SVT Focus' gearbox.
Drive an SVT and then a MCS. The Mini's shifter feels a lot more precise, and the clutch feels different too.How different can the same gear box be?A six-speed manual transmission is standard, and it received high marks with a few caveats. One editor complained that the clutch was especially touchy when launching from a complete stop and that it felt a bit notchy throughout the whole shift pattern. Another editor logged a more optimistic opinion saying that the Cooper S' gearbox produced a more positive feel after each shift was completed — more so than the SVT Focus' gearbox.
Not diffrences in the actual transaxel, but diffrences in linkage.How different can the same gear box be?A six-speed manual transmission is standard, and it received high marks with a few caveats. One editor complained that the clutch was especially touchy when launching from a complete stop and that it felt a bit notchy throughout the whole shift pattern. Another editor logged a more optimistic opinion saying that the Cooper S' gearbox produced a more positive feel after each shift was completed — more so than the SVT Focus' gearbox.
Only problem with the chart, as much as I hate to say it, is that Mini is just one car, where as Fords results are filtered down by each car it makes. So the Focus might be on the low end but something like the Ranger Pickup (which according to my old man (works where they build it) is almost equal to Lexus when it comes to problems per 100 vechicles) helps the avg up.In the 2003 JD Power Vehicle Dependability Study, MINI was darn near the bottom …
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High elevation test area.what's up with the 8.5 0-60 times? Who was driving these things?