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  • Of course GTI is better

  • That spoiler on the mini is just stupid, its only causing drag.

  • I've got an '05 R53 Mini S (Supercharged model). It may not be faster than some of the VW's around where I live, but I love not seeing Minis every 2 feet. I used to have a Jetta, but I can't stomach seeing anymore Vdubs around, WAY too many!

  • Reminds me of driving to the beach senior beach week. Mini!

  • Obviously your full of crap the GTIs interior is far more superior in quality to even he jcw Cooper, minis ride like crap and rattle like a box of nails. Also mod for mod the mini can NEVER beat the GTI. Sounds like a fanboys is just pissed off he bought the wrong car. :-)

  • @Musikemist youve never sat in a mini then

  • @Storm7289 And you've obviously never sat in a GTI. It's heaps better than the Mini's. But hey, what do I know. I've only owned both cars.

  • @S1ppy the gti has plaid cloth seats standard.... you need to get the upgraded interior

  • I am in Columbus often atc51trams, sounds like a challenge to me, still no worry I wont be selling it! If you are ever around Louisville look me up. I'll be in the clubman that just farted another gti.....

  • Mini cooper s. JCW <3

  • VW rules!

  • the golf isn't built in Europe, its built in South Africa. Has been for 30 years

  • wth?!driving around 240km/h still can't catch up with the cooper (at 3:59)? LOL!

  • GO VOLKSWAGEN

  • aku kenal mamat bwk mini niee...anak normala dowh die nie..mmg kete die pon..n golf nie pon die punye...skrg xsilap aku die pakai audi r8 n porsche cayenne...untungla anak org berada...heee

  • @slipmad88 x bro...salah org :) 

  • the JCW Body kit makes the mini look too sexy with those black rims!

  • ive got a 2008 clumban s that eats gti's for lunch, boost tube, intercooler and ddm race intake. when i find a vw gti that can beat me i will sell it...no worry there....now i am chipping it so fat chance a gti will even compete

  • @kenmansacct haha i got one that will put you to the test you anywhere near ohio?? i'll be nice and not make you sell your car after i beat you

  • no way Mini owns that GTI the amircan MINI S have just 210 hp whit a BMW Engine

    and the normal MINI S have 170 hp

  • @marra001 The GTI has an APR Chip which boosts the car to about 250 hp plus the exhaust and intake which all together add about 10 hp

  • bestia mini la nuova 500 è una merda

  • Proud To Say I Own a MK5 :)

  • Lol, pussy in the GTI is using automatic, and with minis, if you just buy the Alta Accessport for 900$, it eats STi's and GTI's for breakfast.

  • @huckiducki its not Automatic, its a Dual Clutch Manual.

  • mmmmm... german rice yumm!! hahahaaa

  • kau ni pilot mas kan?

  • I hate people saying Mini is expensive for what it really is. Well...an GTI isn't much cheaper. More power...perhaps, but the MK5 was one of the worst GTI versions in history, like the mk4!! (I guess mikethebeast1012 drives a Polo TDI! LOL) The MK6 is a really great car. I tried one. But I wouldn't change it for my Cooper S R56. Got little less Power....but soooo much more fun!!! MINI is an art of life. Not just a car!!

    P.S.: If you don't like small and unuseful cars...get a Voyager!!!

  • @Fabianrs Yo man the mini isnt fast but the suspension makes it so much damn fun to drive!!! i just installed the IE camber plates and turns are too damn funlol. i wouldnt change my mini for any car either. cheers!

  • @Fabianrs i got an r56 too, shit is tight

  • & Google is your friend: Google VANOS 2 & Twin scroll Turbo...

  • when a GTI looses on a porsche 911 for only 2 seconds in a track, you can say its better than a Mini... H A N D L I N G.

    and why get a GTI if you can get a GLI that's the same only with better space if you need "space versatility"

  • Ur prob from USA.

    The GTI is a nice car, however it doesn't come NEAR the mini in handling and teconology (specially since my 2011 cooper S has double vanos and twin scroll turbo)

    I beat a Mustang V8 with my mini on the circuit...and def i beat a GTI.

    Cars have to balance speed/handling...They are not designed to run on a straight line only (well american cars ARE)

    A carrera beats a mini for just 2 seconds on a sprint... 38,000 a second extra LOL.

    Americans...just dont get how a car works

  • @abrahamaiza I'm with you man. And I'm American haha.

  • @Fallingup899 Im sorry LOL, sometimes i get carried away.Not all americans want to drive in a boring straight line LOL

  • @abrahamaiza I think it's fun tanking sharp turns at high speeds then getting to the end of a track in 9sec. Sure it's fun for 9 sec.. but look at your bill at the end of that 9 sec. have to rebuild the engine haha.. refuel, yeah.. not my cup of tea.. but get me going 100+ on a track taking turns.. oooohhhh yeah :P

  • @Fallingup899 wow, why did you have to rebuild the engine!!! i never had a problem with my 2002 cooper JCW (i still own) except for the clutch!

    The R56 cooper S i just bought hasn't gone on track... i have to wait till the engine/brakes settle to the altitude so i can push it to the limits... about 1,000 km (i'm from mexico, no miles here LOL)

    Oh and guys!! even though the GTI is built in Germany, the engine IS manufactured in the Puebla plant, its a GREAT engine.

  • @abrahamaiza i do know for a fact that you could put a 2011 mustang gt next to it, it would look like itsw going backwards fool. and okay so if u put an sti up against that on a street course the sti would walk all over it.

  • Who in the world would choose the Golf unless you need the space?

  • cooper power.fuck yeah

  • WWho cares about laptimes, the sound of the mini smashes that beetles noise

  • @lepimpazo yea who cares how fast a car is? doesnt everyone want a tiny slow car that sounds awesome? lol you are an idiot

  • Love the hot hatch's but no way the GTI keeps up with the R56. The R32's around town can't hang with my R53 most days. Our R56 is a freakin' rocket compared to our 2 R53's. Even the big motor A4's bow to the 56, forget the lowly VW stuff.

  • @reissue what about an r36?

  • @reissue what about an r36? :)

  • haha by by BMW BY BY MINI

  • You guys are crazy.

  • @cytomatrix i agree all i can think of is currency, but the FACT is that the golf and its variants are built in germany, some jettas are built in mexico but no golfs. those are facts. the reason japan isnt used is because that is a country not real friendly to cars, also price should be dependent so i can only assume that your prices are very off

  • @cytomatrix vw does build cars in america, however the gti is not, it is ONLY built in germany so that ends your curiosity right there. more space for the money_VW, more features for the money_VW, better performance for the money_VW, those are facts, the prices and laptimes prove it, take any mini and compare it with a VW of comparable price and it gets destroyed, even though the VW is carrying around the extra weight of the electronics, and just being bigger. there really isnt much to argue

  • @cytomatrix since you would like to compare times on small tracks (where the mini has an advantage)

    GTI/cooper S

    autozeitung 1:47.7/1:48

    oschersleben 1:54.55/1:55.8

    for every small track that the mini wins there is one where the GTI also wins. also remember this is limiting it to only the mkv (the mkvi performs even better), i never argued handling where the mini wins, explaining the minis wins on short tracks and the GTIs wins on longer tracks due to more power. but bang for your buck VW wins

  • @mikethebeast1012 come on man chill out it's not like the BBC is going to hire you to talk about cars, are you frustrated??

  • @cytomatrix i guess i should amend my statements, the mini has the clear advantage or short tracks while the GTI has the clear advantage on longer tracks, i also never said equipment affected performance, but when the same price can get you a car with FAR more equipment, FAR more space, comparable performance (depending on the track) the GTI wins. "only a couple thousands" that is a HUGE price difference unless your rich when you wouldnt buy either car anyway, hundreds would be acceptable

  • @cytomatrix better acceleration? i think not 0-60 cooper S_7.2sec GTI_6.8sec. that is why longer tracks let the GTI pull away, while shorter tracks let the minis handling benefit, but your prices could not be more wrong, again obviously in Britain the mini will be cheaper, but the fact is bang for your buck the VW could not be the more obvious choice

  • @cytomatrix bang for your buck is an all encompassing term, everything performance, comfort features etc. also the base model cooper s and even works are poorly equipped, meaning to get a comparable car you would have to add even more to the minis already high price. i keep repeating myself since you seem to miss the point, that point being that mini vs VW the VW has FAR better bang for your buck

  • @mikethebeast1012 Bang for your buck has nothing to do with performance. Thats what I have been trying to say to you. It only matters if you value those equipments. It comes down to individual needs. The term high performance car doesn't mean the car has the best bang for buck. So I don't know why you would bring that up when comparing performance of cars. Obviously you think price and equipments are more important than anything else when comparing cars. There is nothing much to discuss here.

  • @cytomatrix bang for your buck has nothing to do with performance when you are talking about high performance cars, but neither of these cars fall into that category, they are hot hatches, normal cars with extra power and better handling, so all the normal things (space, features, etc) are still very important. if all you want is performance you will not be buying either of these as there are many cars in this price range that are far more performance oriented. again bang for your buck vw wins

  • @mikethebeast1012 You comprehension skills continue to astonish me. Please read my previous comment again. Performance != bang for buck on any cars.

  • @cytomatrix well i guess i can say your lack of common sense amazes me, you started by saying how little you knew about cars but now your attitude is that you know everything (which you clearly could not know any less), pure performance is great if you are driving a sports car, but with these cars performance is their secondary function, both have decent performance, vw has decent space, vw has many options included for the base model, so bang for your buck VW wins by a land slide every time

  • @mikethebeast1012 lol. I am starting to think you dont even read my comments. Just repeat yourself while ignoring what I am saying. I am talking about apples and you keep bringing up oranges.

  • @cytomatrix i agree completely but this is the 1st time you are saying this, apples being our cars where performance is just 1 of many purpose they must serve with oranges being sports cars where the only real goal is performance even at the sacrifice of other things. neither car performs well enough that it should even think about giving up it regular duties. that is what im saying and is why i must keep repeating myself

  • @mikethebeast1012 No, You misunderstood me again. Apples being a car's performance(speed, accel, handling) and oranges being bang for buck of a car. But never mind. Lets pretend that GTi is superior in every way and move on.

  • @cytomatrix they are not different at all, performance is one factor of a car, while bang for your buck is all encompassing (features, quality, performance, price, etc) so while performance is "comparable" bang for your buck is not even close, again bang for your buck VW wins every time

  • @mikethebeast1012 I know you have a problem reading my comments. But I would appreciate if you could stop tagging me in your comments. Feel free to respond to this comment. But dont include my name. Sick of getting emails from youtube about something I am no longer interested in. Cheers.

  • @cytomatrix if you dont want the emails then turn off your alerts, but i fully understand what youre trying to say, it just doesnt make sense, performance is just 1 factor of a car, so is equipment, space, etc. bang for your buck is every factor combined. that is why i say bang for your buck he VW wins by a landslide

  • @mikethebeast1012 I would then I dont get any alerts at all. I agreed bang of buck is not good for mini. There is no point bringing it up when I am talking about just one factor of mini(performance). Bang for buck of mini in UK is much better than in other countries. Chilli pack costs only 2k and JCW is about the same price as GTi with the pack. I know my needs are different, mini is cheaper for me. I don't care about equips much and it comes with everything I need. Again, please dont tag me.

  • @mikethebeast1012 i have a stock 2008 r56 mini cooper s as well. When i clocked the 0-60 on the dyno at my shop, i got between 6.4 and 6.8 every time. I tested it 10 different times. Also take into consideration the Sport mode button, it re-maps the acceleration and gives you a little bit more. I think both cars are great cars, however, i race on tight road courses, so my preference leans towards the Mini.

  • @mikethebeast1012 in the end its still a vw golf.....everyone has it and it just doesnt stand out, unlike a MINI

  • @mikethebeast1012 how can you compare a "bigger" car with a MINI? lol! the MINI is designed to be small... duh! yes a vw may be cheaper but it doesn't have the quality like the MINI dose. vw is a cheap and affordable, I valet for MINI and vw. I own a r56 and I drive GTIs all day and I can't stand the low cheap quality feel. I always believed in quality vs qauntity vw better performance? yeah right the JCW would destroy your gti on the track.

  • JCW and Gti have similar prices in all countries in europe. Even in Japan price difference is only £3k. If we were to believe in manufacturers claims, VW has slower acceleration than JCW. For laptime check my previous comments, JCW and GTi are close. What does equipments and interior space has anything to do with performance of the car?

  • @whygodrums10 i posted laptimes from the same site so each time is equally reliable, which is more than can be said for youre crying about how fast the JCW is when you dont have any facts to back it up, the fact is its not, the mini for the price is one of the worst (if not the worst) hot hatch you can buy, you get the least bang for your buck (as proven by laptimes) and a goofy looking car (confirmed by most reviews and popular opinion)

  • Regardless... these are definitely some of the ugliest, douchiest cars made, not on the PT cruiser's level...but definitely in the same state so to speak, haha. Im not sure anyone if their right mind could try and look boss in any of these cars and fool anyone... very adolescent.

  • how many times the mini get smoked

  • you guys bought those cars with a factory defect and haven't noticed it!!! the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car!

  • fucking love the sound of a cooper s. orgasm

  • @craigpesch the GTI not only out performs the mini, but it has a backseat big enough for adults, a full size trunk (both are missing in the mini), most wouldl say nicer looking especially the new ones, and better interior. the mini may handle well but thats all its got going for it. if you want a hot hatch get anything other than a mini (GTI, MS3, WRX) and youre good

  • @mikethebeast1012 I have stated that the others would be more comfortable but there is no way on earth a stock cooper s works would get beaten by a Golf GTI on a track or road. You comment on the mini's cornering is all it's got going for it, well that says it all about your perspective. The way a car sits on the road would mean more to a driver than someone who justs wants a big boot.

  • @craigpesch the problem with your argument is that the GTI is comparable to a cooper S in price, and for that price the GTI is not only more comfortable but a FAR better performer. the works is more comparable to an ED30 GTI or even an R32 in price both of which are also not just more comfortable but FAR better performers. so yes its handling is all its got going for it because it will get destroyed on the street or the track by the comparable model golf

  • @craigpesch actually the mkv GTI runs a 2sec faster lap than the works around the ring, and does it while costing less, so i guess the cooper doesnt even have its handling going for it, it just has nothing

  • @mikethebeast1012 Drivers buy the mini, if you want a shopping trolley buy the golf. By the way you can't just pull a statement out of thin air that most people in the world prefer the look of a golf! What do you base this stated fact on?

  • @craigpesch so going by my previous statement which clearly shows that any cooper will be out performed by the comparable golf model (look at the laptimes those are facts), i would have to say based on the minis goofy styling (not out of thin air just read a few reviews most agree) and piss poor performance id say the clear DRIVERS choice is the GTI, with the mini being the clear girls choice

  • Can someone give me an UNBIASED opinion as to which is better? The Mini or the MK6 GTI. I've driven both and I like both equally. Which one is better?

  • @ChristewieTV Vw all day

  • @vwVDUBvw Thank you for your 100% unbiased opinion lol. I might go with it. More space and its equally as fast Standard GTI vs Mini Cooper S

  • @ChristewieTV as ive said to others the GTI not only outperforms, has WAY more space, looks nicer, and doesnt have a goofy interior

  • @ChristewieTV i dunno the speedo gauges look gay in the mini like a 1970 gas or water meter

  • @ChristewieTV and you can get way more outta that german pig

  • @vwVDUBvw The GTI is like the fat kid that can run fast and the mini is that awkward kid that runs fast

  • @ChristewieTV regardless Gti is faster,nicer, and both are relativly the same price....I have a jetta 2.0t not the Gli but same eengine only produced in 2006 i love the thing Driving is so much fun...back roads become german dust

  • I can't believe I have joined the 231,201 other people who have watched this C**P..lol

    If you want to see the ultimate hatchback in full race action that my hubby owns and races in UK Championships. He's called Joss Ronchetti and he is the 2009 Classic Thunder Touring Car Champion, lying 2nd at the moment in this years championship.

    Search him and the car, its a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus ,built in 1979 called 'The Bullet' with 310BHP,weighing 880Kgs its The Fastest Sunbeam Lotus in the World'

  • All I have to say is listen to the freakin music these tools are listening to!

  • the mini has r17 or r18?

  • kid shifts like an idiot

  • make mini 2.0 let see about that

  • @jhen072008 make mini 2.0 vs vw r32 let see about that :)

  • freakin golf cart

  • bug's fight!.

  • woooohohoooooooo...!!!!!

  • @jasonf81 VW borrows Audi's tech, and my (B8) S4 turns in faster track times all around than the new R20, about 1.5 seconds faster in the 1/4 as well. Try using facts next time.

  • Where is that?

  • lol @ the first race they where already driving 180 km a houre or so ? lol ^^

  • V-DUB bitches.

  • Lol at the retarded comments... "mini driver screwed up by having a wing" " mini driver screwed up by having a passenger". That wing is stock from JCW and who the he'll comments about a passenger? The people were probably going somewhere and they are friends. YouTube stupidity at it's finest.

  • Nice mini cooper !!!

  • The Mini driver screwed up by having a passenger first of all. One of the main components of the Mini is the power to weight ratio, one adult between 160-180lbs in a car that weighs less than 2,000lbs is a big difference.

  • @BavariasFinest The gti has a passenger too!

  • @BavariasFinest The Mini driver also screwed up by putting that stupid ass wing on his car.

  • gti is back....

  • lol im american but i deff love the barack comment, and were gettin fucked by him right now

  • @mikethebeast1012 how dumbass?!?!? oh yea republicans got it wrong for 8 straight years... and now all of a sudden they are right!!! moron

  • @cougar162 well he has taken the democratic system and turned it into everything it was meant to not be, the obama-care bill was not wanted by a majority of americans, and in order to pass a bill it must be voted on by 2/3s, after many failed attempts he decided that the fuonding fahers were wrong in their democratic process and made his own, not only was the bill not avaible to the publis to read before it was ever voted on but he allowed it to pass on just a majority vote not the normal 2/3s

  • Mini fast yes, but a girls car, plus it's good for driver, other person, and about 2 tubes of pringles in the back. Golf fast and practical. Golf GTI owns mini.

  • girls car? you are so stupid...

  • cojoni

  • The mini cooper s r56 comes with 207hp stock and by the looks of the video it definately doesnt have 260hp or it would of spanked the vw because the vw is heavier. so the 10hp difference wouldnt have made the vw win when it weights 100's of lbs more.

  • fuck you, stupid redneck

  • vw's last longer than mini's btw lol

  • listen bitch, theres no need to get smart with me. unlike you, i actually whip a nice car and not my moms mini van. vw's in terms do last longer. the older minis were the only ones that were built good. the minis built today more than likely wont last 15-20 years. + everyone knows vw's are built really good and have motors like hondas. theyll last a really long time

  • proud of that shitty d series? wheres your vids at bud? and btw i just sold my 97 supra and got a 010 ss balt tc lol. if she had a mini van id drift it why not. and btw im loving your keyboard warrior stuff. whats up with your flexfuel name? sounds like you drive an impala or something to me

  • if you say so lol

  • lol he said 12 sec

  • guys guys.... IVE DRIVEN AND OWNED A GOLF GTI, AND A MINI S R56,,,,, and honestly THE MINI SHITS ALL OVER THE GTI....sorry

  • @Flexfuel306

    You are a bad ass, the d in d-series stands dipshit because thats what you are for buying one and putting money into it. honda is shit no matter what you do to it, and btw jettas arent ment to go fast unless its the gli (only fags buy those) so so s my d my my VDub will TSI all over your JDMs face

  • @Flexfuel306 good luck with that buddy and no theres no check engine light so get out of here with your pos asian crap car my mkv would rip that d-craps nutz right out from under it and send you pouting back to your mommy

  • you are gonna compare the mini to the gti lol the mini is a joke on wheels, the most goofy speedo, very little interior room that is poorly setup, and it just looks weird outside. my real point is your 11sec mini is JUST as likely if not less than he gti

  • @Rafsavidisoj i was talking about the 11sec 1/4 mile run someone claimed, also 7.1sec LOL for a car that is tiny with an unusably small back seat, and little to no trunk one would think the weight savings would give it some speed but i guess not. i am also aware that they handle well but thats about it. and last beautiful? not at all, it has more circles than a vw beetle and everything about it just screams ridiculous

  • @Rafsavidisoj I own a GTI, which destroys the mini in pretty much everyway, the mini IS just a goofy car, with an unusable tiny backseat n no trunk space (they shoulda just picked 1 or the other), and gauges in the most inconvenient place

  • @Rafsavidisoj interior IS important even in sports cars, neither of these cars are sports cars tho, they are sport compacts or hot hatches, they are not sole purpose vehicles, they are supposed to serve multiple roles, something the mini doesn't do at all. The small size is a big deal and just one of many reasons the mini is such a terrible choice

  • @Rafsavidisoj I agree a lot of this is opinions but in its class the mini is one of the worst (if not the worst) in its class performance wise and that is a fact. Compared to Porsches? Even the base model Boxter is significantly faster than any mini let alone a 911

  • @mikethebeast1012 LOL gauges in the most inconvenient place. I guess a tach/digital speedo placed in the very center above the steering wheel is inconvenient. and you dont buy a hatch back for trunk space, you need more room? put the rear seats down. Bad backseat? I dont buy cars for my passengers comfort, I buy cars for my own comfort.

  • @whygodrums10 the GIANT speedo that is the entire dash is just unnecessary and obnoxious, the mini while getting outperformed (and yes a mkv GTI runs faster laptimes than even a cooper works and costs FAR less, those are facts) its also missing all the amenities. space for cargo is non-existent, room for 4 adults comfortably is not in the realm of possibility, the GTI has all those and faster laptimes, and unlike the works there are still faster versions of the golf available

  • @mikethebeast1012 No amentities? You do realize its essentially a BMW? I have auto leveling xenons with headlight washers, heated seats, a harmon kardon stereo that is loads better than anything a golf has to offer, rain sensing wipers, cant get cloth interior, TWO sunroofs. You dont buy a hatchback for cargo room or passenger comfort. The fact that you're even bringing that up is pointless. Did I mention my mini has a LSD from the factory? as far as a MKV being faster than JCW. dont believe it.

  • @whygodrums10 a mini is FAR from a BMW just because BMW owns mini doesnt mean anything the quality in the mini is nowhere near a real BMW, a VW is not essentially an Audi. the only feature you named that isnt on a GTI is dual sunroof it has everything else, in fact my 99 Jetta also had all but the xenons, those are standard items on nicer cars and not such a big deal, harmon kardon? who cares if you dont have touch screen nav (gti has it, mini doesnt)

  • @whygodrums10 actually most (if not all) people who buy hatch backs buy them with their versatility in mind (interior space) which the mini has none of. also its proven that the GTI doesnt need the LSD to compete. heres the lap times around the ring:

    cooper S_9.31 cooper wroks_8.55 mkv GTI_8.53 mkv R32_8.49

    believe it or not those are the facts the S compares in prices with the GTI and the GTI not only destroys the S but beats the works and costs more than $6k less

  • @mikethebeast1012

    LOL, didn`t know that they were all that slow. An R26 Megane Turbo laps the ring in under 8:35.

  • @Airox2009 its also a megane lol

  • @mikethebeast1012 the gti looks like an egg lmfao.. oh yeah 0-60 is faster than the gti.. weird..

  • @AllDayBby i could understand the egg comment if it was not being compared to a mini, but next to a mini the gti looks badass, the mini is just a bunch of bubbles. also 0-60 cooper S_7.1sec and 15.3 in the 1/4mi

    gti (compares with cooper S in price)_6.8sec and 14.8

    cooper works_6.2sec and 14.5

    R32 (compares in price with the works)_6sec and 14.4

    Golf R (compares with the works in Europe)_5.2sec and 13.5

    so wait which mini is faster than which VW? the mini is slower, smaller and costs more money

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  • @mikethebeast1012 lol. Then why are you trying so hard to convince everybody that golf is faster than mini. And lol at comparing prices from US when both are made in europe. Price difference between JCW and GTi is very small in europe. Final lol at comparing 4wd car to fwd.

  • @cytomatrix im simply stating facts unlike you who are just stating opinions, the prices should be compared in american since both british and german prices clearly cannot be used since they are made there (this is just common sense) using these prices there is a HUGE price difference (where the VW comes out on top), also the "LOL" is on mini for making a car that costs so much but performs so poorly also that high cost puts it into a price range that compares it with AWD

  • @mikethebeast1012 You call it opinion i call it facts. I quoted laptimes from fastestlap time website and JCW was close to if not faster than GTi. Mini has no advantage because they both are made in europe. Tell me something, if golfs are made in europe how can it be cheaper than europe in america. You are quoting prices from US to give golf the advantage. :P BMW make mini because people buy them. May be not the SUV loving brothers from USA.

  • @cytomatrix i agree with the laptimes but they do nothing but prove my point, a JCW (which costs significantly more than the GTI) performs marginally better than a GTI. you speak of "europe" as if its 1 country, mini is british while VW is german 2 separate very different countries, it makes no sense to compare prices in either home country (or most places in europe since distance from origin affects price) making the US a great neutral comparison of prices, so for the price VW is much faster