Look
closely at modern
wheels and you may see evidence
of this in the slenderness
of the spokes and thinness
of the
wheel rim; you might notice grooves channelled into the
sides of the spokes and, on the rear, spot where large amounts
of metal have been removed from, say, the
wheel's hub where it mates to the car's hub.
For a front -
wheel drive car, the overall chassis feel is neutral — there's not much in the way
of unwanted
side effects to irk fans
of the original Mini, or modern BMWs, to which the Mini Cooper is
closely related to in terms
of technology.