taken from
here
"From the 2006 Mini Cooper Owner's Manual, Data Section, Weights: Mini
Curb weight, with all optional special equipment Mini Cooper with manual transmission 2,524/1,145 lbs/kg automatic transmission with Steptronic 2,557/1,160 lbs/kg"
so 250bhp divided by 1.16 = 215bhp per tonn
scoob is about 1250kg so 215bhp times 1.25 = 268bhp, menaing a scoob weighing in at 1250kg (1.25 ton) would need in excess of 268bhp to have a better power to weight ratio than a mini.
at 280bhp, a scoob weighing 1.25ton has a power to weight ratio of 224bhp per ton
and lets not forget that most scoobs are imports with low ratio boxes which makes the power to weight ratio thing worthless anyways.
2 cars with the same power to weight ratio but different gearing will mean one is faster thanthe other.
the real question should be what are the box ratios compared to eachother. what is the 0-60mph times, and the 60-100mph times, and finaly how tubby is the mini driver now the thing is an oversized blob bearing no resemblence to the original mini concept ! (Lardy butt cheeks kill the BHP/ton figures)
