Vehicle counterpart

A vehicle counterpart is a vehicle that has similar strong, average, and weak stats to another vehicle. Vehicle counterparts first appear in Mario Kart Wii, where they may come in sets, which can be further divided into different groups.

There are three types of counterparts a vehicle can have:


 * Size Class Counterpart: A vehicle counterpart from a different size class.
 * Kart/Bike Counterpart: A bike or kart counterpart in the same weight class and group.
 * Group Counterpart: A vehicle counterpart from a different group, regardless of whether they are in the same weight class.

Each size class counterpart differs as follows:


 * Small counterparts do well on almost every single stats, with the exceptions being speed and weight.
 * Medium counterparts have slightly better speed and weight, but do slightly worse on every other stat.
 * Large counterparts have significantly better speed and weight, but do significantly worse on every other stat.

The stat difference is usually more abrupt from Medium to Large than it is from Small to Medium. In terms of Kart/Bike counterparts, bikes do slightly better in every stat, except for speed and weight, where karts do better.

Standard Set
The Standard Set consists of vehicles wherein each stat is usually in the middle of the vehicle that does worse in said stat and the one that does the best. The following vehicles make up this set.

Handling Set
The Handling Set consists of vehicles that have handling as their main strength in addition to good acceleration, off-road, and mini-turbo, but have speed as their main weakness in addition to poor drift. The following vehicles make up this set.

Drift/Mini-Turbo Set
The Drift/Mini-Turbo Set consists of vehicles that have drift and mini-turbo as their main strengths in addition to good speed, but have acceleration as their main weakness in addition to poor handling and off-road. This set is divided into two groups: the Drift Group and the Mini-Turbo Group.

Drift Group
The Drift Group consists of vehicles with higher speed and/or drift but worse other stats. The following vehicles make up this group.

Mini-Turbo Group
The Mini-Turbo Group consists of vehicles with lower speed and/or drift but better other stats. The following vehicles make up this group.

Off-Road Set
The Off-Road Set consists of vehicles that have off-road as their main strength in addition to above average speed and medium other stats, but have drift as their main weakness. This set is divided into two groups: the Fast Off-Road Group and the Slow Off-Road Group.

Fast Off-Road Group
The Fast Off-Road Group does worse in every other stat, with speed and or/drift being better. The following vehicles make up this group.

Slow Off-Road Group
The Slow Off-Road Group does better in every other stat, with speed and or/drift being worse. The following vehicles make up this group.

Speed Set
The Speed Set consists of vehicles that have speed as their main strength in addition to better acceleration than the Drift/Mini-Turbo Set, but have handling, off-road, and mini-turbo as their main weaknesses in addition to below average drift.

Acceleration Set
The Acceleration Set consists of vehicles that have acceleration as their main strength in addition to better speed and drift than the Handling Set, but slightly worse handling, off-road, and mini-turbo. They may also have weight as their main weakness.

Weight Set
The Weight Set consists of vehicles that have weight as their main strength in addition to medium other stats. The following vehicles make up this set.