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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Mr_F on 21 June 2011, 12:57
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Golf, Scirocco, Eos Beater?
http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/mini-coupe-revealed-2011-06-21
I think the design department drove a mini under the trailer of a red lorry myself.
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I quite like it.
Nick
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DO NOT WANT
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I likey needs to be a bit lower though
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Probably the best looking Bini yet. Needs lowering a bit more than 52mm if that image is anything to go by.
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The front looks sick and so does the convertible version of the coupe. I still think that the back looks home made, like some guy built it in a shed.
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Probably the best looking Bini yet. Needs lowering a bit more than 52mm if that image is anything to go by.
Theres that term again why don't people just call them MINI's it really annoys me. I don't own a new MINI but i hate the name
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not a fan :sick:
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Probably the best looking Bini yet. Needs lowering a bit more than 52mm if that image is anything to go by.
Theres that term again why don't people just call them MINI's it really annoys me. I don't own a new MINI but i hate the name
Bini, Bini, Bini, Bini, Bini, Bini :tongue:
I was establishing a difference between the so called New MINI's and the older Mini's, using the term Bini is more accurate than saying New MINI as they're a decade old now. The last of the old Mini's mk VII imo were very nice, the new Mini's don't really do it for me.
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Besides... they're not mini, they're massi.
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Probably the best looking Bini yet. Needs lowering a bit more than 52mm if that image is anything to go by.
Theres that term again why don't people just call them MINI's it really annoys me. I don't own a new MINI but i hate the name
Bini, Bini, Bini, Bini, Bini, Bini :tongue:
I was establishing a difference between the so called New MINI's and the older Mini's, using the term Bini is more accurate than saying New MINI as they're a decade old now. The last of the old Mini's mk VII imo were very nice, the new Mini's don't really do it for me.
I've got one of the last classics and I love it. I wold love a MINI at some point either a clubman or a countryman as the hatch isn't really big enough for everyday for me. Our club has old and new and a trying to promote a united Mini/MINI scene one day we hope it will happen
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Besides... they're not mini, they're massi.
Yeah they're bigger but with all the crash protection they have to be my 1999 classic has side impact bars and an air bag scary stuff really.
This is an argument on a lot of the Mini forums and one guy said well look at the golf te new golf is no bigger then the MK1 I think he must be blind.
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Can see what you mean about the new golf being bigger...
Even the polo is bigger than the Mk1 golf.
Difference being though, the golf is marketed as a golf, not a mini.
I love MINIs but they're barely related to a proper mini.
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I love how quick folk are to jump on the bandwagon that the new MINI is owned by BMW, as if foreign input to the car makes it any less cool.
Cause after all, the original was British all the way to it's roots... Alec Issigonis from Greece. :grin:
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I love how quick folk are to jump on the bandwagon that the new MINI is owned by BMW, as if foreign input to the car makes it any less cool.
Cause after all, the original was British all the way to it's roots... Alec Issigonis from Greece. :grin:
Dr Moulton was a brit though.
Nick
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As far as the topic goes. I like the idea but there are a two problems.
It's a 2 seater coupe yet is no lighter or faster than the regular JCW hatch. The reason being is that it actually works out heavier :shocked:
The styling is a bit marmite. I love the styling of the hatch and the convertible model but that roof just doesn't look good in my opinion.
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It looks ok I guess. Looks like the Mini cabrio but with a lower roof line. Maybe if the rear end and roofline were more coupe-like it would be better. Meh :undecided:
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I love how quick folk are to jump on the bandwagon that the new MINI is owned by BMW, as if foreign input to the car makes it any less cool.
Cause after all, the original was British all the way to it's roots... Alec Issigonis from Greece. :grin:
Dr Moulton was a brit though.
Nick
That's true, but equally so the new MINI has a good list of Brits involved.
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I was just nit picking. TBH most of the MKI MINI was deigned by Rover before BMW put their oar in. It was originally going to run the K series.
Nick
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the bmw mini isnt a mini, END of :smiley:
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I was just nit picking. TBH most of the MKI MINI was deigned by Rover before BMW put their oar in. It was originally going to run the K series.
Nick
Yep that normally shuts people up as does the fact the any classic mini built after 1994 is techincally a 'BMW' Mini as they owned rover.
To be honest I didn't like the new MINI at first but at then end of the day BMW have done a cracking job with it they have not only kept the name alive the have completly revied it lets face it how many new classic minis did you see on the road when they were still being built??. How many british jobs has it helped secure?? I don't know but I feel sure if the MINI wasn't built in oxford then lots more companies would have closed. Mini/MINI United Not Divided
The thing that really upsets me is the fact that my friends who have MINI'S have had their cars damaged at shows by low life idiots who think they shouldn't be at shows
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I don't see a problem with it not being British, in fact, I prefer German cars.
The hate isn't because it was a 'British' icon gone continental.
It's because it's a big car marketed as a teeny tiny car.
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Engines built at Hams Hall, Assembled down the road, employs no end of jobs and creates money for the UK through massive exports, ok, so it says BMW somewhere else but the fact is were S&^% hot at engine technology and these big companies know it.
I like the mini after not liking it originally, just wish they had a more tactile controls package!
Bet they can build you a new one quicker than Wolf'y too.
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I'm glad they've finally releaised a sporty diesiel in the 2.0 SD (yes i know most people will say you can not get a sporty deisel) it will certianlly give me something elso to llok at some change time on the current daily run a round
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Engines built at Hams Hall, Assembled down the road, employs no end of jobs and creates money for the UK through massive exports, ok, so it says BMW somewhere else but the fact is were S&^% hot at engine technology and these big companies know it.
I like the mini after not liking it originally, just wish they had a more tactile controls package!
Bet they can build you a new one quicker than Wolf'y too.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hi4ZuN_OPXY/TfT_GbtZGfI/AAAAAAAABjk/hGWnjXSzd7M/s320/oh_snap+vw.gif)
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If they called it something else then wouldn't everyone be saying it looks just like a mini, then get sued maybe? But it's called the mini and everyone says, it's nothing like a mini..
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If they called it something else then wouldn't everyone be saying it looks just like a mini, then get sued maybe? But it's called the mini and everyone says, it's nothing like a mini..
Yep dammed if they do dammed if they don't if it hadn't of been for BMW in the mid 90's Rover would have killed the Mini off years ago. I was lucky to be invited to the luanch of the WRC team by MINI which of course I accepted what an awesome car looking forward to them doing a full season. If BMW didn't have the MINI name then to me the car could have the same appeal. I may be biased but I can see a resemablce to the classic Mini in the MINI with its cheecky looks and fantatic handling
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I love my Cooper S its just too juicey for me doing 13-15k per year.. sound = amazing... handling = amazing.. looks = have grown on me.. space = sh!t.. each to their own i suppose.. i would love to own one for a track toy one day..
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How many hair dressers and personal trainers do we have in this country?
Original mini was based on a concept used by the Germans in WW2, so really it has just gone home........
Something about driving round in BL kit kat wrapper that the "new" mini does not have, chance of surviving a crash maybe? i liked them anyhoo.
New mini is like Ipods and Iphones, a branded must have for the metrosexual who does not care so long as it is in fashion.
Just happens to be a fairly good car, although most nail technicians would not know the difference.
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Mini Coupe looks like an abortion built by Leepu.
Thom
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Mini Coupe looks like an abortion built by Leepu.
Thom
:grin: :laugh:
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the bmw mini isnt a mini, END of :smiley:
:afro:
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I have a Mini Coupe. It's called a Midas. :laugh: :grin:
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I have a Mini Coupe. It's called a Midas. :laugh: :grin:
:grin:
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the bmw mini isnt a mini, END of :smiley:
:afro:
:wink:
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the new mini is a class car to drive. i dont like all the variants they have created and they should have stopped at the cabrio. I would take a mini cooperS over any of the other superminis anyday.
as for the coupe... looks like some took a match box car and stood on it :undecided:
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Not read most of this thread, but seems the NerdRage exploded.
I love how quick folk are to jump on the bandwagon that the new MINI is owned by BMW, as if foreign input to the car makes it any less cool.
Cause after all, the original was British all the way to it's roots... Alec Issigonis from Greece. :grin:
I'm foreign, so why would I care if the MINI was owned by a foreign company? I'm not jumping on any bandwagons other than the use of BINI, which I wasn't using it in a derogatory way and lots of people use it to make the distinction between the 'new MINI' and the pre-BMW Mini.
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I really like the Mini Clubman to be honest. Especially lowered with textured arches :cool:
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It looks s##t. Who keeps buying this crap?
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If they called it a BMW 1 or BMW hatch or something it'd be fine...
They have called it a mini ... it's not. They make "john cooper" models which he has nothing to do with, bit disrespectful
Nice cars, wrong name
His son does the upgrades.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_Works
Started by the man himself.
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As long as they put c*nt tax on it I couldn't care less as its still sh!te
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If they called it a BMW 1 or BMW hatch or something it'd be fine...
They have called it a mini ... it's not. They make "john cooper" models which he has nothing to do with, bit disrespectful
Nice cars, wrong name
His son does the upgrades.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_Works
Started by the man himself.
o god what is he thinking!
at least it's money for him at the end of the day i suppose.
still, "my dad tuned mini's, i tune big heavy things mums buy called a mini" is a quote he most deffinately said :rolleyes:
His dad started the company so his dad tuned the new MINI's also...
... but your quote... I like it. Also applies to GTI's I suppose. Or even any modern car compared to it's original version however many years ago.
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Hideous.
Almost as bad as the BMW coupe' 4x4 abortion thing X6.
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Hideous.
Almost as bad as the BMW coupe' 4x4 abortion thing X6.
which is not a patch on the ugliness of the new Focus :sick:
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Lot of new ugly cars at the moment... I see a trend.
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Hideous.
Almost as bad as the BMW coupe' 4x4 abortion thing X6.
which strangely enough has been a huge success for BMW and they cannot seem to build as many as there are in demand... keeps the used value very high also. :rolleyes:
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Nissan Juke is another :sick:
Not only the ugliness; its the fact that its useless.
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this mini or MINI name thing is no worse than the new scirocco surely?
i like the arches into splitter at the front but the new roof bit is hideous!
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Or the beetle
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what about the golf :huh: :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
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what about the golf :huh: :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
they haven't changed since 2003/2004 :huh:
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Nissan Juke is another :sick:
Not only the ugliness; its the fact that its useless.
Yeah, someone where I work has one of these!
Proper wacky looking
I was like WTF!!?
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Nissan Juke is another :sick:
Not only the ugliness; its the fact that its useless.
Yeah, someone where I work has one of these!
Proper wacky looking
I was like WTF!!?
Peugeot 308 is another, looks akin to one of the Flanimals from the front
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well mr cooper's lost respect from me... what was he thinking :huh:
legendary built crazy cars to a tuned blob
It'd be fine if it wasn't a "john cooper" version, yes he designed it, but it's not as big as a step up, or as special as it used to be, all commercialized now.
have you drove a new mini JCW's?
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well mr cooper's lost respect from me... what was he thinking :huh:
legendary built crazy cars to a tuned blob
It'd be fine if it wasn't a "john cooper" version, yes he designed it, but it's not as big as a step up, or as special as it used to be, all commercialized now.
John Cooper thought:
"I need a job. A way to make money. Something I'm good at. Hmmm..."
And then a bloke in BMW-Mini thought:
"I need something to sell Minis. To make more money. Something Mini owners will like. Hmmm..."
And everyone lived happily ever after except the hardcore Mini fans :afro:
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BMW used the mini name to sell a few cars... good cars at that. get over it
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BMW used the mini name to sell a few cars... good cars at that. get over it
Well said unless all the moaners have several billion £ to buy the brand and then invest the kind of money it takes to keep developing then MINI will be owned by BMW. It amazes me that people don't seam to run down Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls Royce etc for being iwned by German/Indianowners etc. THe MINI brand is here to stay and I for one am glad :smiley: