That Hartge S looks the tits! Never been in a S before and never been in a mini full stop but personally I'd never consider the mini at all just don't like it. And when I said same league I meant more the cars your choosing as cupra, s3 an golf are 3dr and 5dr hatches/hot hatches with space, bit of class, basically bigger than a matchbox racer mini . I'd consider the cooper S more on par with the corsa VXR for example