Another distinguishing feature is the speed-sensitive power steering with rack-and-pinion steering gear: the power assistance is implemented electrohydraulically rather than just hydraulically.
Sport seats come standard on the MINI Cooper S Coupe and John Cooper Works Coupe variants, as do the color-contrasting roof and speed-sensitive steering.
The speed-sensitive electric power steering may be a bit lighter feeling than it is in some other sporty sedans or wagons, but it provides sufficient feedback to the driver through the wheel.
One complaint from France's ideologically hyper-sensitive left is that the bosses' ideas would create an unacceptable two-speed approach, in which Unedic would deal with the easy cases of joblessness, while the state would be left to cope with the unemployable.