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Written by Stephen Dobie
Mini has told us its new GP hot hatch due out in 2020 will be front-wheel drive and offered with a paddleshift gearbox only. And yes, it"ll keep the wild bodywork The most potent Mini being front-driven ought not to be a surprise, but given it uses the same 2.0-litre turbo engine as the latest, 302bhp Mini Countryman JCW itself sharing its powertrain with the newly four-wheel-drive BMW M135i there had been some intrigue. "That"s an interesting question which many people have asked," says Jurgen Matz, who"s been working on the third-generation GP"s chassis. When we tell him our hunch is that it"s stuck to its front-driven roots, he says we"re "warm", before confirming it by declaring the Civic Type R a key benchmark.
Date written: 24 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16107
Mini has told us its new GP hot hatch due out in 2020 will be front-wheel drive and offered with a paddleshift gearbox only. And yes, it"ll keep the wild bodywork The most potent Mini being front-driven ought not to be a surprise, but given it uses the same 2.0-litre turbo engine as the latest, 302bhp Mini Countryman JCW itself sharing its powertrain with the newly four-wheel-drive BMW M135i there had been some intrigue. "That"s an interesting question which many people have asked," says Jurgen Matz, who"s been working on the third-generation GP"s chassis. When we tell him our hunch is that it"s stuck to its front-driven roots, he says we"re "warm", before confirming it by declaring the Civic Type R a key benchmark.
Date written: 24 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16107