What is it?
The 210 Challenge Edition Mini has been built to celebrate the fact that the latest Mini will soon hit the track competing in the Mini Challenge race series. It's essentially a standard three-door Cooper S hatch, with its 2.0-litre petrol engine boosted from 189 to 207bhp and given an extra 15lb ft to get you in the party mood.
Visual upgrades on the outside include 18in alloys, stripes, spot lights and lashings of carbonfibre, while inside every car comes as standard with usually expensive options such as Mini's Media XL pack, front and rear parking sensors, a Harmon Kardon sound system and variable dampers.
Besides the increased power and torque, the also standard John Cooper Works tuning kit offers a new exhaust with a carbonfibre surround at its business end and two modes: Standard or Track. Unlike conventional sports exhausts, it's switched on and off using a Bluetooth remote and comes with cautionary small print: 'Track is not to be used on the public road'.
You could think of the 210 as a 'JCW-lite', then. A taster before real deal is launched soon. However, at near enough £30,000 there's nothing 'lite' about its price.
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The dining room edition
The posh tripper
and hopefully all will jpoin the "toilet seat special"
I am sick to death of this brand being fooled around in an effort to keep sales.
They need to start over
I am sure this exhaust system
Autocar wrote: ...steering is
Currently it seems that Autocar is unable to write a test article on any hot supermini without, at some point, pointing out that the test car's steering feel is not as good as the Fiesta ST's.
To the good folks at the Autocar, we get it! Honestly, we do. The Fiesta ST and its steering in particular are the best thing since sliced bread, covered in Danish butter and fresh strawberry jam. Really, it's not entirely necessary to bring this up every single time.