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[Mini_Magic]

[PhilipGCaldwell]

I dont think I will ever be a bini fan, they just arent 'mini' are they, and just arent nearly as quirky or fun

I also think they should start doing classic only mini shows because its quite clear that the two dont go together

each to there own though

[LiamB]

I dont think I will ever be a bini fan, they just arent 'mini' are they, and just arent nearly as quirky or fun

I also think they should start doing classic only mini shows because its quite clear that the two dont go together

each to there own though

They should keep it the same!.
Then we can teach them that they bought the wrong year Mini!

[mab01uk]

[mab01uk]

[Deathrow]

That last one is lovely. Almost unfair to say really as there are alot of them in this thread that look awesome.

[MaxAndPaddy]

I was so against them up till about a year ago when I got to drive one

Now threads like this make me like them more and more

Torn ...tempted to sell Paddy and get one

MaxAndPuddy

[TA2DMAC]

I'll have to post pictures of when I go to the "Mini's on the Dragon 10th Anniversary" they already have 300+ Bini's registered...including ours.
I'm sure their will be plenty of sweet looking cars to oogle over.

[coopdog]

my mates car and my mini in the background :)

[mab01uk]

MINI COOPER S R53(TTCC Racing car) with AirREX digital air suspension system
www.airrex.com.tw

[villa3]

Bmw bought the name MINI,they built a superb car that had a vague resemblance to the original Mini.Why do people compare the two,tis only the name.Why BMW minis are admitted to classic Mini shows is beyond me,hopefully they will have shows in their own right soon.

[josh.goddard]

anybody know if the rocketman will actually come into production and if so when i want one!!

[joshspragg]

i read they wont be doing it

[AVV IT]

anybody know if the rocketman will actually come into production and if so when i want one!!

It's cancelled and will forever now be known as "The best Bini never made!!!" http://www.pistonhea...p?storyId=25070

[mab01uk]

anybody know if the rocketman will actually come into production and if so when i want one!!

It's cancelled and will forever now be known as "The best Bini never made!!!" http://www.pistonhea...p?storyId=25070

Rocketman / MINI City Neither Living Nor Dead
Various people in leadership, including MINI’s top man, Dr. Kay Segler, have expressed a very strong desire to see the little MINI on the city streets near you, yet we also know that the car isn’t in the current product roadmap recently approved by the BMW board. Inquiring minds want to know will this car get built or won’t it? Now we have some clarity from Sven Grutzmacher, BMW Group press spokesman at the recent press launch of the MINI Roadster. Well, sort of.“…there was never a decision whether we [would] build such a car or not. So nothing is changed on that front, so you cannot say the Rocketman is dead, or that the Rocketman is going to come into production because there has never been a decision.”
More:
http://www.motoringf...iving-nor-dead/




Hopefully we have not seen the last of a smaller MINI City type car...........however if the numbers don't add up yet?

The Toyota IQ has not been the sales success that was hoped for and the Smart Car was a major financial disaster in its earlier years for Mercedes, never achieving its projected sales. Mercedes were planning it to sell in similar volumes to BMW's MINI at launch and the spin-off models such as the Forfour hatch and Roadster were canned after only short production runs.
How BMW's Mini Trumped Daimler's Smart Car:
http://www.businessw...r-02022012.html



Perhaps there is just not a big enough demand out there yet for a premium sub-MINI sized 'small' car selling at a higher price than the existing bargain basement 'mini' cars like Toyota Aygo/Citroen C1/Peugeot 107 built in low wage economy countries.

Edited by mab01uk, 19 February 2012 - 11:34 PM.