2013 Mini Cooper GP #252 of #500

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May 24, 2013 | 10:35 AM

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2013 Mini Cooper GP #252 of #500

For Sale:

2013 Mini Cooper GP #252 of #500 ever made in the US.

317 miles on the car. In Show Room Condition

Reason for Selling: Not enough garage space and to many hobbies.

Alittle bit about the car.

This new version is more precious than the original, a car unironically called “iconic” by Mini suits. (Said personages are quick to remind you that they don’t actually wear suits and even if they did, would certainly not wear ties.) The 2013 GP has a wholly redesigned suspension, with coil-overs offering a 0.8-inch range of adjustment. Compared to the JCW, the GP has been lowered by 0.8 inch in the front and 0.6 inch at the rear. Spring rates have increased by 50 percent with anti-roll bar diameters remaining the same. The front brake hardware includes larger, 13-inch vented front discs and six-piston fixed calipers—non-GP JCWs have four-piston pinchers—while the stock caliper hardware and 11-inch platters carry over out back. A rear wing, diffuser, and underbody panels reportedly reduce lift at the rear axle by 90 percent at speeds above 62 mph. Perhaps most important, GP models get 7.5- by 17-inch aluminum wheels wrapped with aggressive 215/40 Kumho Ecsta V700 tires. With two degrees of negative camber—four times more than the JCW—and reduced toe-in, the GP is set up to make good use of its rubber.

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