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Originally Posted by Suberman
Fwd can be made to oversteer quite easily despite the weight distribution. The mini is in fact quite balanced in this respect and will pull over 1.0 g on a skid pad, much more than the BRZ.
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Sure it can be made to oversteer when you lift or trailbrake. But good luck using a little power-on oversteer to help adjust your line in a FWD car.
A skidpad is just one measurement of how well a car handles. The skidpad is a steady state test. The MINI comes stock with better tires so that figure is no great revelation. The BRZ hits 0.93g on it's "Prius" tires, and has been shown to hit 1.00g just by upgrading the tires and nothing else.
To say the MINI is the best handling car is foolish. It doesn't even handle as well as a DC5 Integra Type R. But that doesn't mean I'm calling it a poor handling car either.
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