You had me on the floor laughing!! God I miss that show...So, the Marcos Mini Marcos, the car that was named by the Department of Redundancy Department.
I decided to take it to Gemasolar and show how tiny it looks.
Behold, the tiny that is the Marcos Big Redundancy Marcos!
Eh?
Someone parked their Audi infront of both the Camera and Marcos!
Hang on, i shall take a quick trip to Italy, and take a photo there.
Marcos Mini photo take two!
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You know, these photobombing Audis are ticking me off.
Seriously, that S4 could have atleast made the Marcos more noticeable!
Alright then... How about i go back to Spain and take the photo at night?
Yes, surely no A or S or RS whatevers will be up to take up the entire photo.
Take 3!
AUDI IS A [BEEP]!!!
You know what?
I got the perfect perfectest idea!
Go to a race track in a country that is often forgotten in anywhere except said country or GTPlanet!
Surely, there can't be any freaking Audi to block the view of the Marcos mid race!
I can even imagine the Marcos doing a drift already!
Alright, Marcos is in position, and... *click*
[BEEP]ING SON OF A [BEEP] WITH A PIECE OF [BEEP] ON TOP OF A [BEEP]!!!
CAMERAMAN JOE YOU SHOULDA BROUGHT SOME [BEEP]ING AUDI REPELLANT OR SOME [BEEP] LIKE THAT!
WHAT THE [BEEP] DO YOU MEAN THEY DON'T [BEEP]ING MAKE THOSE?!
Just... GIVE ME THE FREAKING PIECE OF PAPER WITH THE TIME ON IT.
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WHO THE [BEEP] HAD THE TIME TO PUT A [BEEP]ING AUDI LOGO INSTEAD OF THE TIME?!
Hang on a second...
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JOE YOU [BEEP]ING PIECE OF [BEEP] COME BACK HERE IM GONNA [BEEP]ING REDUCE YOUR PAY BY 99%!!!
No, i don't hate Audi, i just decided to think "What if the Top Gear presenters acted as if they noticed when an Audi was infront of them in the last two Series 18 episodes, and then turn that up to eleven.
And funnily enough, that joke actually made me want an Audi.
Now if only the GT-R LMP1 drove this smoothly, I'd be kicking butt instead of getting kicked.
Rolling roadblock?! Seriously?!?!?!
Try telling that to the Cobra... just one on a list of many.
Cheers
. Apples and apples it ain't.
The Cobra still originally came from Britain. But was altered "a bit" by 'MURICA!Yes, exotic supercar from the land of extremely cheap fuel and low tax, vs small car of the people from post war Britain...
. Still, you can't compare it with humble A series 
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Try telling that to the Cobra... just one on a list of many.
Cheers
About the power issues : don't forget you're talking about a car from the 60's
, I think I just set the default numbers and
Have you looked at the HP/weight ratio? I find many cars peak at 900kg.
My first review here, let me know what you think
The 1970 Mini Marcos is basically a performance Mini Cooper with a new shell. This is already sounding good, given how great the Cooper is.
I wasn't expecting much from this car. I didn't expect seven gears, dual-clutch transmission, and a ridiculous top speed. With only 70 horsepower and a four-speed transmission, this car is beyond fun to drive. I even enjoyed it more than a 458 Italia.
I decided to take it to Brands Hatch. I drove on the Indy circuit, so it wouldn't take me ages to log times and there would be more room for me to screw up.
Coming into Paddock Hill, I was expecting massive understeer. By massive, I mean Honda Fit RS understeer. I was actually really surprised when I turned in, and the car glided through the turn perfectly. At this point, I had a huge grin on my face. Then came Druids Bend. Again, the car gracefully and almost effortlessly hit the apex perfectly. I continued logging lap after lap, and was never bored.
So the car drives great and feels great, what else?
To my taste, I'm not so sure on the styling. Don't get me wrong, I still think it's nice, but it isn't beautiful.
Every time I see the face of the car, this first thing that pops in my head is that guy in some cartoon that says "Uhhh okay boss!" (With a dopey accent). The back of the car is the thing I like about the car the least. It sort of references a 250 GTO, but with a roof line of a bug. It just doesn't look good to me.
How fast is this car?
With this class of cars, they tend to be very slow and boring to drive. This Marcos will be an exception. This thing is a blast to drive, and its nimble handling and lightweight body make good use of all the 75 horsepower and can take on a BMW M3 if the track doesn't have long straightaways! I took it to the Nurburgring Nordshleife, expecting a very boring and time consuming lap. The track before Karussell Corner was basically full-throttle not that fun. The car seemed to have bitter resentment for 4th gear. Every time I shifted up to it, the car started dropping in revs and speed. After the karussell, the fun part of the track came on the Marcos was an absolute blast! It tore up the track from Hohe Acht all the way to Galgenkopf! On the straight, it reached a top speed of 110mph! For a car that little and sub-100hp, that looks pretty impressive.
Its big brother is the original Mini Cooper. How does little brother Marcos compare to it?
It obliterates it. Marcos beefed up the engine, making it have 14 more horsepower. With the new body, it weights 170 kilograms less.
To see if there was anything I was missing, I took an old Cooper to the same track
The Marcos' lap was 1:02.402. The Mini, while it felt like it was ripping up the track, did a 'meh' lap time of 1:06.465. In short, the Marcos is a real upgrade to the Mini Cooper. This is good news, since it is more expensive.
*the Marcos uses CS's and the Cooper uses CM's, but the a 4-second gap between the cars is huge, so the Marcos is still faster.
Beater or Sleeper?
A total sleeper.
I only drove the stock version, not a thing done to it. Not even the paint, since that red really suits it. With power upgrades and some tuning wizardry done to it, I reckon it could take on a Lamborghini at a small and curvy track.
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