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    Mark Johnston
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    Just finished watching this. Love Cars (tiff needell's new project) did a track test of 5 sub £30k hatches

    Renault megane rs cup
    Peugeot 308 GTI by ps
    Hyundai i30N performance
    Skoda Octavia vrs
    Mini F56 jcw

    They did a flying lap of the llandow circuit in Wales and I was totally surprised by the results. The F56 was the slowest by a big margin 1.5s slower than the Octavia which weighs a lot more and only has an extra 10bhp.

    The jcw was an 18 plate so made me wonder if they did seriously detune the jcw before they stopped production because surely the mini should be able to beat an Octavia on a track and llandow is a kart track so it's not like you need big power to be quick.

    Just found it quite interesting. The jcw did claw back a little victory in the drag race beating the i30N.

    Just found it very interesting.


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    Site Owner MINI William's Avatar
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    Not watched it Mark. Do you have a link?
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    Mark Johnston
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    Quote Originally Posted by MINI William View Post
    Not watched it Mark. Do you have a link?
    https://youtu.be/x4E9yR5dsKA

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    The King Of Shine ianking's Avatar
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    The Pirelli tyres are pretty much useless on the JCW.

    I will be ditching mine in favour of some Michelins when I have worn them out.

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    Site Owner MINI William's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by M600-RKJ View Post
    https://youtu.be/x4E9yR5dsKA

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    Thanks Mark
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    Ice Blue R55 Clubvan - JCW Shiftlight, JCW Carbon Fibe Handbrake, JCW Carbon Fibre Dash, JCW Steering Wheel, Recaro JCW Sportster CS, CoolerWorx ShortShifter, BC Racing Coilovers, JCW Brembo 4pots, HEL Braided Lines, JCW Front Bumper, MINI Challenge Splitter, White Rota Blitz

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