Driving the Fastest Mini EVER 🔥 450HP, RWD and DSG Gearbox 🤯 | 4K

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This 450bhp rear-engined RWD Mini with a DSG gearbox is truly epic and was a real Jekyll and Hyde car to drive. In this video I head to the home of Zcars to see how the incredible car are made and to introduce their latest venture...Diminutive by ZCars.
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Video Contents
00:00 - Hold on tight !
01:01 - My ZCars Journey
02:46 - Under the skin - The Spaceframe !
05:20 - A new shell
07:07 - Workshop Tour
10:25 - The 450bhp Monster !
11:40 - DSG details
13:22 - High speed motorway run !
14:48 - My first drive
16:29 - What is Diminutive by ZCars ?
18:27 - Sport Mode !
20:32 - Valves Open on the Paddles !
22:34 - Final Impressions
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@johngoodwin1710 6 месяцев назад

Dave’s a genius at hiding the emotional terror - nothing but a brief smile 🤣

@ianstoys13mgs 6 месяцев назад

Yea, hes a real bundle of laughs

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Yeah. He really loved being on camera 😂

@seebarry4068 5 месяцев назад

That comes later.

@tobysatch973 6 месяцев назад

Used to own a 1300cc twin carb min back in the 70s which was a little wolf in sheep's clothing. This is from another galaxy, and the look on your face! Love it.

@jimcabezola3051 6 месяцев назад

Such a perfect car for British roads. Drive the stuffing out of these motors before they're banned! Mahalo for this precious footage of people ENJOYING themselves with automobiles! Aloha!

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Indeed mate 👍

@robertpinkney4778 5 месяцев назад

Looks surprisingly well planted on the road. Past conversions look to be quite a handful, with the driver wrestling the controls. This looked refined and capable. The speed in which the cars behind disappeared gave us a clue in the performance.

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

It really is 👍

@francoisg3500 6 месяцев назад

First!! Evening all! Hope everyone is doing well and have great week. Love the madness that Z Cars come up with. The basic space frame look awesome. The blue clubman is a fantastic project and it’s great the customer is not stopping his disability from have a cool classic mini.

@Mrtallguy76 6 месяцев назад

That’s absolutely awesome, the speed of those gear changes and how quickly the cars behind vanish into the distance 😂

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

I know, right?

@philipparkes5682 6 месяцев назад

Thank heavens we still have brilliant engineers who think outside “The Box” and create such iconic cars. BRILLIANT. Still have a soft spot for the original Mini, my first company car at age 22yrs was a 1275 Cooper S. my boss gave me a budget and a found a superb Cooper S. I took the S off the boot lid and he thought I had bought an 850 mini.🤭

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

👍

@dimsoneill 5 месяцев назад

Well played sir!👍

@GeordsYouTube 6 месяцев назад

The car for a wheelchair user makes me well up a bit being a wheelchair user and a mini lover.. couple of dream cars in this video fingers crossed for the lotto win 😊

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Cool isn’t it 👍

@watchcommander2012 6 месяцев назад

Evening everyone what brilliant company producing fantastic cars. It’s what British car manufacturers like this do best

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Sure is 👍

@johns14a 6 месяцев назад

Great video Ped. One of those, with a bog-standard looking estate body would be the ultimate sleeper and track car for me. Going to have to check down the back of the sofa to see if I can scrape together the pennies for one, I think. ❤

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

👍

@dimsoneill 5 месяцев назад

You are onto something there. I wonder what options we have here in Oz as a hot Mini is my retirement lego project.

@stuart207 5 месяцев назад

I'd have the bog standard estate, widebody 😂 with AWD 🤗

@HQBProductions 6 месяцев назад

Peter…what impressed me was the suspension because you both seemed very calm and the ride looked stable without being throw all over the place. That is more clever than the speed! I hope the viewing numbers go well! 😃😃😃😃 Richard

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Richard. Very slow so far 😢

@HQBProductions 6 месяцев назад

@@PetrolPedPeter…just back from Sidmouth and a week of 4* luxury so now is gloom…but we go back again in February! Viewer numbers….I’m sure it will improve but it must really tax your mind to think of something that will take off. I don’t see why this video should not work but it is a shame Dave found the camera so intimidating…maybe he needs to have lessons from Tiff Needel! I also missed any mention of the pricing which if not too bad, might have raised interest…but my complete guess is c£70,000 for a complete car to spec…I might be miles out??? Don’t worry though…viewers will increase as comments spread among enthusiasts.😂 😃😃😃🙏🙏🙏🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼Richard

@johnnyboy1586 20 дней назад

Yes and considering how small the wheels are on a mini the way the car tracks down the motorway in such a smooth controld manner was impressive 😊

@alasdairwilson4806 6 месяцев назад

Wow,that thing is a beast.Well tamed behind the wheel.Great vid.

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 👍

@CR41G7P 5 месяцев назад

Z Cars are the OG's of this and im happy to see they are still going strong. Ive been a fan since the 1st web page appeared

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

👍

@keithevans5667 6 месяцев назад

Turbo flutter is awesome, what a weapon. Love it ❤

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Oh yes 🙌

@TomShorrock 6 месяцев назад

Crazy sound, crazy fast, built by a guy with a Crazy Imagination 💪🏻 hats off 👍🏻

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Your cup of tea 👍

@TomShorrock 6 месяцев назад

@@PetrolPedcertainly is! I’m Building a VTEC swap at the moment, just without the turbos and insane power!

@GRfourfun 5 месяцев назад

What a piece of engineering, what an absolute weapon! Smiled all the way through this 👌🏻

@dimsoneill 5 месяцев назад

My dream car! Great vid Ped, loved every minute of this.

@neilgandhi5565 6 месяцев назад

Another great vlog Pedro hopefully your vlog showing the towing capacity of the electric vehicle where you use the Mercedes towing the caravan and 100 mile round trip gets a few more views as other vloggers have had comments suggesting this so have said to watch your vlog on this so hopefully they have but keep up the good vlogs 😊😊😊

@richardstamper5630 5 месяцев назад

I've got a mint 88 Mini, it doesn't do any of that except crash over bumps just the same. Brilliant

@therandomkiwi79 17 дней назад

that's quick! the purple mini!! wow..... sounds mint!

@therandomkiwi79 17 дней назад

ZCARS is my dream car! The custom list too is so limitless!!

@PetrolPed 17 дней назад

Couldn't agree more!

@britishminiclub 6 месяцев назад

Great video and a totally bonkers Z-Cars build. No way they can ever top that 👍😎

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

You got that right 👍

@kevincross9206 6 месяцев назад

What a beast! 😍

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

👍

@kevinphillips9408 6 месяцев назад

Love the sound.

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

👍

@2.fresh767 6 месяцев назад

Got to be the best mini I’ve ever seen, the sound, everything about it is top notch, only thing I’d change is the front to a Clubman cause I love em.

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

👍

@TheGeordietheWitchandtheWench 15 дней назад

I've had 10 Mini's... When I was 16-20 years old. from the N.E of England, all my friends had one.. This is next level!!! WANT ONE !!!!!!!!!

@PetrolPed 15 дней назад

👍

@stevecarter5084 6 месяцев назад

Like Dave’s inscrutable smile, great engineering and looks brilliant… liked the countryman 🫣

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

👍

@Madonsteamrailways 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant fun, that Mini!! Not my kind of fun, but each to their own!!

@AdamsWorlds 5 месяцев назад

Defiantly a market for this. I live next to the Morgan factory and those guys are doing very well considering its such a small factory. They have the big parts outsourced and essentially just bolt it together. Z cars could easily do the same, have carbon fibre shells pre made for them, just make the chasis in house from pre bent bars, slap an off the shelf engine in there and a bispoke management system. Its the way to do it for sure. Could do that with electric also. For the mini its easy there are many places making replacement shells in all materials. That car the owner has is perfection love it.

@g7puw 6 месяцев назад

I remember replacing a red top for an old Mate of mine rewarded with a drive up To the Birmingham mini 50 th anniversary wow z cars had done amazing work on that car too amazing

@follyfour506 6 месяцев назад

I went to Silverstone in my old Mini for the 35th anniversary of the mini. It was unbelievable, Mini's everywhere I think about 25,000 of them..

@charliebutton5731 6 месяцев назад

Great video Ped! I recognise most of those roads, just past my house :)

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

No way!

@dangreasley7934 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant, these types of videos are great. It's good to see what goes on under the covers, the engineering is excellent. Couldn't you have got it on a track? I wonder how many times this chap has been pulled over by the police. Not for speeding ofcourse, but just to have a look it and ask questions!

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

A track would have been mega and scary 😧

@surfbodi.0015 6 месяцев назад

I wonder what the owner of the BMW mini made of that when it came up the slip road and flew past 😂 My classic mini only has 50 bhp but is still great fun to drive. These cars are absolutely stunning works of engineering art but I think I would get into a lot of trouble very quickly in one. Not that I could afford one!

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@H1WEX 5 месяцев назад

I love these crazy reviews, it’s great seeing what people choose to do, mad, but brilliant.

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏🏻

@vandetta9247 4 месяца назад

this is my favourite sleeper car so far!!!❤ .. ultimate mini rocket.

@PetrolPed 4 месяца назад

Oh yes 🙌

@coltoncleveringa8004 5 месяцев назад

All of the zed cars and builds have been amazing. Great video! Thank you zed cars for letting Sir Pete do these videos with your cars! Darn it Sir Pete your making me want a mini lol

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Good 😜😂

@gafrers 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant. Legendary Company

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Oh yes 🙌

@SCYorks 6 месяцев назад

Oh god I am seriously tempted to get in touch with them this could be an very expensive Xmas.

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Go for it. Tell them I said hi 👋

@1BLUEMEANIE 6 месяцев назад

Sunday morning ,read the the paper 🤔no watch a bonkers Mini. Loved this Pete 👍

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

👊

@nealr5466 6 месяцев назад

Your face when you accelerate 😂, Daves not a talker is he 😅 and the way the car in the rear view disappears as you give it some , awesome cars and now I really want one

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

😜👍

@the_lost_navigator7266 6 месяцев назад

Bonkers and brilliant - I want one! (Or a go in one at least).

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@MrAbcdef098 6 месяцев назад

Hi ped that car sounds epic and you are right you would have to be very careful with it because it will be a missile with that bhp

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

It sure is 👍

@Lutzilla_ 4 месяца назад

what a mini-dreamfactory...no words for that just awesome

@PetrolPed 4 месяца назад

Yep 👍

@markshaw4984 6 месяцев назад

love it🤩

@ginggur17 4 месяца назад

Evening PP. NOW YA TALKING! I adore the Original Mini. ❤❤👍🇬🇧

@PetrolPed 4 месяца назад

Mega thing 👌

@Jupiture00 13 часов назад

I've always thought 400 bhp is the sweetspot for driveability but this would be on another level.

@richardgrant5009 6 месяцев назад

WOW.Mental.Love it.👍

@PaulRLight 24 дня назад

Chris Allanson, the real brains behind Z Cars. He raced very successfully in National Autograss Racing. As did Roy Millington, whose engines are used in the MST vehicles and many more. There's some very good RU-vid content on the series now. Class 5, 7 and 8 are worth checking out.

@frankmcgorman962 6 месяцев назад

Would have loved to see the expression on the faces of the other drivers (especially the red MINI) on the motorway as you shot past them. Effortless and, as you said, totally bonkers!!

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Would love to see that 😂

@nuggetbunny5551 5 месяцев назад

That mini reaches 70mph on the motorway really quickly 🤭😇👍

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

It sure does 😜

@footey7670 5 месяцев назад

That is epic mate 👊🏻I thought Moggy was a nutter but you are giving him a run for the title !!! That sound and the way it pulls is astonishing 👍🏻🍻🇨🇦!! Has anyone brought a left hand one to Canada yet?

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Oh yeah!

@rosshunter9053 6 месяцев назад

I’m not sure these would get past the regs here in Australia. Haha But would love one for sure.

@jerry83ism 5 месяцев назад

Ped, you need to persuade him to let Misha at the Nurburgring have a go. That would make some epic content, seeing it perform on a track like that. Definitely want my own version, wouldn't have the money without winning the lottery, lol.

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Blimey 😦

@jmqwert 5 месяцев назад

@@PetrolPedno, Binky..😊

@sh3dart 6 месяцев назад

Great video of a great car 👏👏

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! 👍

@lewishunter 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant Video 👍 if my numbers come up tonight 1st stop Z cars, then the big boy brave pants and pill shop! Well done Pete

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Thanks mate 👍 Say hi to Me Julie 🥰

@lewishunter 6 месяцев назад

@@PetrolPed will do mate, she’s doing well, even though she was told to rest she’s already been on Zwift!

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Good girl 👍

@TfRsmokinmasta 5 месяцев назад

Best vid for a while ❤

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏🏻

@pdstransport7326 5 месяцев назад

Love it ❤ best mini build ever more ov this please

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

More to come!

@johncrofts6058 5 месяцев назад

You need to check out some of BBR GTI's MX5 builds, i have got a 300+bhp version, it could be more as the engine is fully forged but wanted to keep it half sensible as it's a road car. ps. the owner of the first Z car mini you drove lives about 50 meters from me.

@Hosteggy 3 дня назад

This is awesome, I have a 06 cooper s that I'd like to AWD and K20 swap.

@McNasty214 6 месяцев назад

I can imagine a bystanders confusion looking for a modded golf or S3 and hearing those sounds coming from a mini!

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@therandomkiwi79 17 дней назад

Would be awesome have the option to use on the Race Sim! WOW

@daveandlauren6142 5 месяцев назад

Oh my word, just awesome!! Hats off to the genius. What about spec'ing with the rs3 5cyl for the added little bit of sound (and of course shipping to Australia :) )

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

That would be cool!

@Timberwolf35546 5 месяцев назад

I'd love a classic mini with a tastefully understated but modernized exterior and a turbo awd drivetrain underneath. Their shop would be a dream job for me, even if it were just sweeping the floors.

@XBullitt16X 5 месяцев назад

Small lightweight car+ motorbike engine, is one of my favourite combos ever.

@dickiemcvitie1752 6 месяцев назад

Classic Mini, S3 engine, DSG pops and farts!!??!! It souldn't be allowed....... I love it!! I recognise the area you were driving in, out the back of Ashford? You could have gone down the A2070 towards Brenzet and the Rommney Marsh, there's a lovley straight where you could have really opened the car up... (within legal limits of course, lol!!)

@Gaz2758 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant video

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏🏻

@user-lu5dj4yh8y 2 дня назад

Bro, I have noticed a problem. I noticed on RU-vid that most of the modifications use r1 or hayabusa engines. I have never seen Ducati V4 or other v4 engines mounted on them. Is it because the V4 is not suitable for the car or is there some other problem?

@midlifemini 9 дней назад

Wowsers! What a car!

@OnlineHousehusband 6 месяцев назад

Used to watch these guys 20 years ago when Bill Sollis took a few out with Ian Stent. Twin R1 and Busa engine ones. For me it would have to be a high revving VTEC Type R all day long for them revs. Once you've driven VTEC it's just so much more rewarding than a big lazy turbo. Great cars though. Cracking video Pete. Oh also loving the Drive Torque podcast. 💪

@AlexGarcia-op4ik 8 часов назад

Hei I am very impressed with that mini , could you please tell more about the coilovers , where did you get them because i have a light car as yours but i dont what coilovers to get for a 700 kg car .

@garrymatthews4430 6 месяцев назад

HI all, have to say that setup look amazing and the way they are using there experties to creat and work with all peoples needs. Is that mini actually road leagal !!

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Sure is 👍

@tonypage1056 5 месяцев назад

That's just WOW!!

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Yep 🔥

@ginggur17 4 месяца назад

14:03 hell yeah, awesome❤❤❤👍🇬🇧

@escortmexicorob1 2 месяца назад

A friend of mine has a classic mini that he has owned for the last 25 years. Built it himself was running a DSG gearbox but now fitted a sequential gearbox instead last on the rolling road at just shy of 800bhp . I’m sure he would like to show it off his name is Stuart Meads of Meadspeed

@therandomkiwi79 17 дней назад

always wanted see a padel shift classic mini

@peterfitzpatrick7032 5 месяцев назад

My first car 40+ tears ago as a lad was a 1275GT Mini in that same blue as the Clubman it had a black vinyl roof and was a grwat little run-around but I had to move it on because it was killing my back ! ... my next car was a much more comfortable ride, a Renault 5.... 😂

@MrRsamorrison 6 месяцев назад

Good number plate on that from my part of the world. Peter. Co Londonderry northern Ireland 😊

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

👍

@slopetechno 9 дней назад

Was the kerb weight mentioned in the vid? If so, I missed it!

@stevenbennett3922 5 месяцев назад

Another good reel Pete. Oh to have that sort of disposable income.

@andyk1955 4 месяца назад

Wicked car! You wouldn't want to play poker against Dave.

@PetrolPed 4 месяца назад

Definitely not 😜😂

@nahcuh9140 2 месяца назад

Dave’s definitely a man of few words😂

@leemace9638 6 месяцев назад

I’ve never driven a mini but that much power in such a small car I would be 💩💩 myself just think off no safety built in the car like modern cars of today ie airbags side beams etc unbelievable car great review 👍

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Thanks mate 👍

@anthonysprinks1253 23 дня назад

Er. don't crash it, then.

@sledderguy1871 22 дня назад

What brand and model are the wheels? Where is the sunroof from?

@shirleyboy8859 6 месяцев назад

Simply Fun..... :-)) xx

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Yes it was!

@othellolagkage 5 месяцев назад

Get it on the track!

@reinmansmith 5 месяцев назад

Crazy but brilliant 🤩

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Yep 👍

@jesseallan3886 5 месяцев назад

Nice work mate. You should organise a race against project binky.

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

We would win 😜😂

@kevinphillips9408 6 месяцев назад

What amazingly and maybe frightening vechiles

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Yep 👍

@ginggur17 4 месяца назад

8:19 love that Blue Clubman

@PetrolPed 4 месяца назад

Cool isn’t it 👍

@JonHullock 5 месяцев назад

Huge thanks to Dave from Zcars Evolutions for letting us see his amazing creations.

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Indeed 🙏🏻👍

@johncoldwell340 5 месяцев назад

What a build😊❤

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Indeed 👍

@adaptivestudio4962 5 месяцев назад

What’s the sunroof off?

@mohammedrucsaal6100 5 месяцев назад

just subscribed 🎉🎉🎉

@jefferiespj1 5 месяцев назад

You’ve got to get yourself one of those Pete 👍

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

I wish 👍

@dazzathedaddy939 5 месяцев назад

Just wow

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Yep 👍

@Darkeiser.7 5 месяцев назад

It's like a Ledgends car!

@therandomkiwi79 17 дней назад

I love classic mini clubman vans

@kingkong81icloud 5 месяцев назад

Had one years ago with a Yamaha R1 engine in back ended up in a Field upside down 😂, was a bit loud in side though

@PetrolPed 5 месяцев назад

Nice 👌

@thomasrutherford3390 10 дней назад

Thank god the sun was shining lol 😂 we were told enough times through the video lol 😂

@tedtheturbot 6 месяцев назад

Jackal & Hyde looks more like Satan & Jackal. Thanks Pete.

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂

@stippolyte 6 месяцев назад

The clubman traveller, that would be my choice, in Mitsubishi Icelle blue with wood and picket style finish interior. Best bit for me is at 21m, the blue car behind just vanishes into the horizon😂.

@PetrolPed 6 месяцев назад

Nice 👌