i was seriously looking at the earlier mini cooper S with the super charger, and then having lots of fun spending all my money at Lohan as its like a one stop shop for tuning the mini. and as its already FI its dead easy to boost the power for not a lot of cash.
test drove one a few years ago and it was great fun to drive, would give a zed a run for its money, especially on the back roads. and once tuned they can be quiet a machine,
i liked the ealrier supercharger ones over the newer turbo as i liked the super charger whine on accelerating