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Written by Stephen Dobie
Hot hatch specials are all the rage nowadays. Fast Golfs, Meganes and Abarths are only too happy to bin the non-essentials like back seats in the hunt for speed, precision and trackday paddock kudos.Beating VW, Renault and Fiat to it, though, was Mini, with the Cooper S Works GP. Limited to 2,000 cars, with around 450 coming to the UK, it was pieced together by Italian coachbuilder Bertone for maximum speciality.It cost 22,000 new, but nowadays you can pick one up for less than half that. Read on to see if that"s a good ideaPictures: Simon Thompson
Date written: 6 Aug 2016
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Hot hatch specials are all the rage nowadays. Fast Golfs, Meganes and Abarths are only too happy to bin the non-essentials like back seats in the hunt for speed, precision and trackday paddock kudos.Beating VW, Renault and Fiat to it, though, was Mini, with the Cooper S Works GP. Limited to 2,000 cars, with around 450 coming to the UK, it was pieced together by Italian coachbuilder Bertone for maximum speciality.It cost 22,000 new, but nowadays you can pick one up for less than half that. Read on to see if that"s a good ideaPictures: Simon Thompson
Date written: 6 Aug 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4555