I've sent autocar an email, via their site, basically stating what's been mentioned about real world pricing etc...might be an idea if other's do too!

M

It will be interesting next week...

Guess what, - Autoexpress are doing the a 3 way test between the cooper, ST and Suzuki Swift Sport!!!!!

I wonder what will happen this time!!

Andy

The mini will win as usual it always will do no matter what it is up against even a ferrari and it will still be better

I think magazine guive to much credit about the Mini never drove one myself but they're everywhere its just a fashion item, maybe its not a good car but its a icon for most of buyer even so it got nothing to do with the old Mini!

MINI Driver here

Performance wise the wins hands down to be honest, hence why one day I will be getting one and flogging the MINI

I wasn't overlly impressed with the test drive, but come up against an in a Cooper S and that was a different matter, really had to floor it to get away!

hey,
well can,t wait to read that,should be interesting,lets see how the
compares this time
iceman.

They have tested the Swift sport against the ZetecS in What Car? magazine this month. The Suzuki came out on top, but they said the ZS was faster through the box. Interstingly, they didn't feel ther Swift was good enough to be up against the ST though!

I haven't read the Autocar review (yet) but someone told me the new MINI Cooper keeps up with the to 90mph, is that really the case!!??

Yeah, the swift sport is a cool little car and if it was as competativly priced as the other swifts it would sell a lot more.

I compared the Swift Sport to the C2 VTS, Fabia vRS and ST and would have gone for the Swift if it wasn't as expensive as the ST. It has the same performace as the C2 but is bigger and more useable and it does feel faster than the ST but it isn't.

Its always hard to compare cars as they are never equally spec'd... eg, the Swift Sport has ESP as standard but only a 1 disc CD player which is MP3 capable, but not external source..... The seats aren't as good as the ST but you get a much sportier driving position so it feels more involved. The Swift has keyless entry but only 4 seats that don't split fold.... bla bla bla bla did I mention that the ST does 0-60 in 8 seconds compared to the swift sport's 9?