The Mini Cooper Sport - Compensate For Nothing

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Posted in classic mini cooper, mini cooper accessories, mini cooper cars, mini cooper dealers, mini cooper for sale, mini cooper review, mini cooper reviews, mini cooper sport by admin on November 8th, 2008

Real men drive a Mini Cooper because we’re not compensating for anything. But even real-er men drive a Mini Cooper S.

 

If you’re a Cooper-fan, chances are you know that the Mini Cooper S is Supercharged - Turbocharged in the most recent models. However, the “S” in its name doesn’t stand for “Supercharged”. Instead, it stands for “Sport” - the Mini Cooper Sport.

 

The difference between stock-standard Mini off the production line, and a Mini Cooper Sport is reletively simple.

 

Unlike other variations of the Mini (which there are thousands! - millions perhaps!) there are three features common to the Mini Cooper S that are not part of other Mini’s… And I’m just talking about visible features - not including the increased performance, with the increased 175 HP (Horse Power) supercharged/turbocharged engine.

 

The first feature you’ll notice is the badge at the rear of the car…. because if you see a Mini Cooper S, chances are it’s as it’s zipping past you. Whereas the standard Mini Cooper badge is a standard “COOPER”, the Mini Cooper S badge also includes a swooshing red “S”. Similar stylized red “S” logos are on each side of the Mini Cooper - over the air intake / indicator unit.

 

The third significant feature that you’ll find different on a Mini Cooper Sport is also an air intake… But it can be deceptive. Let me show you. The front of the Mini Cooper S has an air-scoop in the bonnet - “proof” that the car is supercharged (or in current models, turbocharged). HOWEVER - the bonnet scoop is mainly for show. The air intakes used for the supercharger / turbocharger are actually the left-hand side air intake, beside the indicator - and beneath the radiator.

 

The reason for the bonnet scoop? It looks pretty. ;)

 

Now because I know you are all mini mad I have collected a few more mini cooper articles you may be interested in:

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