2010 Mini Cooper S Convertible John Cooper Works Headed for Geneva

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kimbo

what's a point of making a car as fast as possible and then slowing them down? I mean BMW M3 Cabrio, M6 cabrio, 911 Cabrio. They're only bought by posers that wants everyone to see them. Yes, there are great convertibles, like a Lambo, but all fast cars that made to be fast, and then chopped and left without roof are simply bought only by cocks.

January 29, 2009 12:56 pm

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Meilen

Porsche shaped the insulated softtop with aerodynamics in mind, so the cabrio achieves the same 0.29 coefficient of drag as the coupe. And Lambo has done the same so what you said is wrong ...

January 29, 2009 3:01 pm

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kimbo

no, you are wrong. It is not about aero coefficient at all. It is about handling, Meilen. Softtops are more heavy, so they accelerate worse, they handle worse thru the corner, they consume more fuel and finally they are less rigid (unless the frame is made from one-piece-CF-monocoque) so handling is affected even more. Just watch for some number where same cars, hardtop and softtop, are compared. Or even look just at the 0-60 times and then judge.

January 29, 2009 4:06 pm

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Meilen

Hi Kimbo, I am not a Cabrio fan, but i was reading (I think in WCF) an article about lambo cabrio, and the article was confirming that the performance of the lambo in acceleration is the same with open or closed roof. I will try to find back the article ;)

January 30, 2009 6:24 am

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kimbo

look at the M3 Cabrio vs Coupe acceleration and lap times, Cabrio is much slower. Even on Lambo www you can find that softtop accelerates slower.

January 30, 2009 8:49 am

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