As Ferrer said, Mini is already FWD and BMW did a fine job in that respect with making a good handling FWD car. Now make it without the chintzy, plastic trim and boutique styling and I think it'll be a good product. The issue with BMW is not something as fundamental as FWD/RWD, its their current weird lineup of super fine model segment...even number for Coupes and Odd for sedan? But what about the Grand Coupe? Or the crossover between their X# SUV and the regular car?
That crap is confusing and doesn't make any sense...
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