You may be surprised to see this in our list of cars, and you will  definitely be surprised at the pace of this little giant-beater. Most  people will be very familiar with the MINI re-invention, and most people will  be familiar with the uprated and performance orientated Cooper S version.

           

The  version we chose has the full GP body modifications and increase performance enhancements, the gutsy and enthusiastic 1.6 supercharged engine in this flyweight  will be more than a match for many of the bigger hitters in SEGA Rally.

The  thing that wins me over about this little car is the pure functional aggression  it looks to possess, the deep front and rear bumpers, fully formed side skirts,  rear roof spoiler and large alloys completely transform the original cutesy MINI  into something athletic and purposeful. I spotted one on the road a few  weeks ago and it looked simply superb, but that could have been the fact that  the driver was sliding it round a roundabout grinning like a small boy with a  new toy.

           

I’m also particularly pleased with the livery on this car; we wanted something loud and  proud as the car has such a unique character.  Our Licensing Manager  secured an agreement with Marshall Amplification and it just fitted perfectly,  I did originally go with black paint but the whole car looked de-saturated so I  added a touch of deep blue to the base layer and the Marshall stickers just kind of popped off the  surface perfectly.  I don’t have many favourite cars in SEGA Rally as I  have developed a strong connection to all of them, but this car in this livery  just looks so right.

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    You may have noticed that we have a few Peugeot’s in our car selection; this is principally because Peugeot have always been at the forefront of most major motorsport competitions for a number of years. They have a particularly strong heritage in WRC, rally raid events, hill climbs and international rallycross competitions. The Peugeot 405 T16 Rally Road is the most famous version of the 405, and the rally 405 Turbo 16 was very different from the road-going 405.

It was built in a coupe body style in mid-engine  configuration, had constant four wheel drive with an electronically-adjustable  centre differential like the 205 T16, as it was based on the same technology.  Only two examples were ever made, one raced hill climbs with the other competing  in the infamous Paris-Dakar Rally.

What I like about this car is the sheer size of the thing it’s a  proper rally monster, because of its weight and size its good competition for  some of the other larger vehicles in the game. As we have the Peugeot 205  T16 Evolution 2 (1986) in the main Masters Championship I thought it would be nice  to have matching liveries. So the 405 T16 wears the original Yellow  Peugeot Rally Raid colour scheme, and unlock livery 2 on the 205 T16 is in a very similar style. Team play anybody?

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