The Wandering Minstrel

Posted by Minstrel on 18 Feb 2009

Clickable Image: Mini Pooper and a ‘Vette

While out for a stroll today, I passed these two vehicles in a parking lot near the office. I thought “Man, these two are diametrically opposed in more ways than just their compass headings.”

This is a (partial) list of antonyms:

underpowered vs. powerhouse
homely vs. handsome
sluggish vs. responsive
boxey vs. sleek
mini vs. max
green vs red (green vs. carbon footprint maybe?)

Any more?

Anyone, anyone . . . ?

4 Responses to “Opposition”

Linoge on 19 Feb 2009 at 0335 #

Well, to be fair, the Mini S (which that might or might not be - I cannot see the hood scoop clearly in the picture) has one of the better mass-to-HP ratios on the market currently, and is considerably more affordable than its competitor there. I would wager it has better slalom times, too…

*does not own one, just did 0-90 up a highway onramp when test driving one once*

Minstrel on 19 Feb 2009 at 0816 #

Fair enough . . .

maneuverability vs. muscle
frugal vs. extravagant

Since the Mini shown is a convertible, it will have lost some weight advantage due to the under body truss needed in lieu of the cantilever provided by a hard top.

Also,

foreign vs. domestic

Linoge on 20 Feb 2009 at 0726 #

Yeah, I did the research, and the Mini loses by twice as much to the Corvettes HP/weight ratio. Still, the S version can get up and move, and the Cooper Works S version is absurd.

I will buy the other comparisons, though ;).

Minstrel on 20 Feb 2009 at 0833 #

I went to Cooper’s website to have a look around. Pretty impressive Flash® stuff:

http://www.miniusa.com/#/MINIUSA.COM-m

Chevy’s Corvette website - not so much . . .

http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette/