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

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]

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

[@ianstoys13mgs]

Yea, hes a real bundle of laughs

[@PetrolPed]

Yeah. He really loved being on camera 😂

[@seebarry4068]

That comes later.

[@tobysatch973]

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.

[@philipparkes5682]

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]

👍

[@dimsoneill]

Well played sir!👍

[@jimcabezola3051]

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]

Indeed mate 👍

[@watchcommander2012]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Sure is 👍

[@GeordsYouTube]

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]

Cool isn’t it 👍

[@robertpinkney4778]

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]

It really is 👍

[@Mrtallguy76]

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

[@PetrolPed]

I know, right?

[@francoisg3500]

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.

[@TheGeordietheWitchandtheWench]

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]

👍

[@remkojerphanion4686]

When watching this video from the beginning till the end, I had a big fat smile on my face. God, I love those cars!

[@PetrolPed]

Awesome 🙌

[@TomShorrock]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Your cup of tea 👍

[@TomShorrock]

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

[@GRfourfun]

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

[@HQBProductions]

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]

Thanks Richard. Very slow so far 😢

[@HQBProductions]

@@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]

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 😊

[@johns14a]

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]

👍

[@dimsoneill]

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

[@stuart207]

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

[@CR41G7P]

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]

👍

[@alasdairwilson4806]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 👍

[@keithevans5667]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Oh yes 🙌

[@richardstamper5630]

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

[@kevincross9206]

What a beast! 😍

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@therandomkiwi79]

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

[@dimsoneill]

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

[@kevinphillips9408]

Love the sound.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@2.fresh767]

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]

👍

[@therandomkiwi79]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Couldn't agree more!

[@britishminiclub]

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

[@PetrolPed]

You got that right 👍

[@H1WEX]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@AdamsWorlds]

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.

[@Madonsteamrailways]

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

[@gafrers]

Brilliant. Legendary Company

[@PetrolPed]

Oh yes 🙌

[@charliebutton5731]

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

[@PetrolPed]

No way!

[@neilgandhi5565]

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 😊😊😊

[@richardgrant5009]

WOW.Mental.Love it.👍

[@nuggetbunny5551]

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

[@PetrolPed]

It sure does 😜

[@midlifemini]

Wowsers! What a car!

[@markshaw4984]

love it🤩

[@coltoncleveringa8004]

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]

Good 😜😂

[@1BLUEMEANIE]

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

[@PetrolPed]

👊

[@Lutzilla_]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@McNasty214]

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

[@PetrolPed]

😂😂😂

[@nealr5466]

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]

😜👍

[@g7puw]

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]

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..

[@the_lost_navigator7266]

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

[@PetrolPed]

😂😂😂

[@SCYorks]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Go for it. Tell them I said hi 👋

[@Jupiture00]

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

[@vandetta9247]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Oh yes 🙌

[@MrAbcdef098]

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]

It sure is 👍

[@dangreasley7934]

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]

A track would have been mega and scary 😧

[@stevecarter5084]

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

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@surfbodi.0015]

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]

😂😂😂

[@sh3dart]

Great video of a great car 👏👏

[@PetrolPed]

Thank you! 👍

[@jerry83ism]

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]

Blimey 😦

[@jmqwert]

@@PetrolPedno, Binky..😊

[@ginggur17]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Mega thing 👌

[@Gaz2758]

Brilliant video

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@therandomkiwi79]

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

[@frankmcgorman962]

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]

Would love to see that 😂

[@TfRsmokinmasta]

Best vid for a while ❤

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@PaulRLight]

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 KZbin content on the series now. Class 5, 7 and 8 are worth checking out.

[@OnlineHousehusband]

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. 💪

[@mikedavis4851]

Bring to East TN. 318 curves in 11 miles Slay the Dragon .Love those minis😊😊😊😊

[@shirleyboy8859]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Yes it was!

[@lewishunter]

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]

Thanks mate 👍 Say hi to Me Julie 🥰

[@lewishunter]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Good girl 👍

[@pdstransport7326]

Love it ❤ best mini build ever more ov this please

[@PetrolPed]

More to come!

[@tonypage1056]

That's just WOW!!

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 🔥

[@XBullitt16X]

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

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

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.... 😂

[@ginggur17]

14:03 hell yeah, awesome❤❤❤👍🇬🇧

[@Timberwolf35546]

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.

[@footey7670]

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]

Oh yeah!

[@stevenbennett3922]

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

[@smurph1962]

Evening All 🍺

[@XXKXXKXX]

🍻

[@PetrolPed]

Hi 👋

[@rosshunter9053]

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

[@MrRsamorrison]

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

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@1978JonBullock]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 🙏🏻👍

[@mohammedrucsaal6100]

just subscribed 🎉🎉🎉

[@othellolagkage]

Get it on the track!

[@johncoldwell340]

What a build😊❤

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 👍

[@kevinphillips9408]

What amazingly and maybe frightening vechiles

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@ginggur17]

8:19 love that Blue Clubman

[@PetrolPed]

Cool isn’t it 👍

[@Hosteggy]

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

[@TARTANATORscotland]

What a cool place

[@dickiemcvitie1752]

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!!)

[@jefferiespj1]

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

[@PetrolPed]

I wish 👍

[@daveandlauren6142]

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]

That would be cool!

[@gingerturtle4229]

One things for sure the car has more personality than the owner.

[@leemace9638]

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]

Thanks mate 👍

[@anthonysprinks1253]

Er. don't crash it, then.

[@reinmansmith]

Crazy but brilliant 🤩

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@Darkeiser.7]

It's like a Ledgends car!

[@johncrofts6058]

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.

[@tedtheturbot]

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

[@PetrolPed]

😂😂😂😂

[@stevepeary5322]

Get that over to Mat Watson for a drag race. It would be epic

[@therandomkiwi79]

always wanted see a padel shift classic mini

[@nahcuh9140]

Dave’s definitely a man of few words😂

[@andyk1955]

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

[@PetrolPed]

Definitely not 😜😂

[@escortmexicorob1]

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

[@woosha10]

How fun 😂. Great story great car !! 🚗

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@garrymatthews4430]

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]

Sure is 👍

[@therandomkiwi79]

I love classic mini clubman vans

[@ginggur17]

Fantastic

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Pal 👍

[@davidmiddleton3660]

Brilliant reactions 😂😲

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@dazzathedaddy939]

Just wow

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍