Radical new looks for the MINI

[Monsta Mo Mini]

Full article is here
http://www.autocar.co.uk/news_article.asp?na_id=213196

http://www.autocar.co.uk/Car/Mini/Mini/27155645171.jpg

[duncan]

Oh dear, its the Rover Streetwise look-a-like :eek:

http://www3.mg-rover.com/rover_GB_en/stellent/groups/public/@all/documents/htmlsnippets/mgr_031249.jpg

[Big Col]

IAIN???????

[MartinSullivan]

YACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dead::dead::disapprove::eek:

[DerekM]

Looks like one of the Rover designs from circa 1998. I'll see if I can dig out a pic for comparison.

[Gismo]

Oh dear, i think i'm gonna be the only one who kinda likes the look of it :I

[Big Col]

If they made the black plastic bit at the bottom body coloured it wouldn't look quite as bad but still...

[sleepyrascal]

http://www.newminiscotland.co.uk/images/gti05_01.jpg

http://www.autocar.co.uk/Car/Mini/Mini/27155645171.jpg

[Wul]

quote:Originally posted by Big Col
If they made the black plastic bit at the bottom body coloured it wouldn't look quite as bad but still...


Would that not make it look almost the same as it does now? :p

You would use a whole bottle of trim detailer on that bad boy :clown:8)

[Julz]

quote:Originally posted by Wul
You would use a whole bottle of trim detailer on that bad boy :clown:8)


Typical of Wul to find the cleaning flaw!!

I think it looks like the gob of the Freelander!!:clown: Quite like the wee bonnet bulges from the spot lights!!:)

[DerekM]

Hmmm, will the spot lamp bulges appear on the final car? I reckon the nanny state of the EU pedestrian safety regs will see them banished long before production.

[Gismo]

Hey Sleepy, got a bigger picture of that :p

[john]

quote:Originally posted by Bonnie Scotland

Oh dear, i think i'm gonna be the only one who kinda likes the look of it :I



I like it TOO!!!!!:cool:

[Monsta Mo Mini]

I think it's good in an Audi /GTi sort of way. Quite agressive.
Lovely car that GTi ;)

[Duncan Stewart]

Looks good except for the large black bit in the middle of the front bumper but then thats about the only difference to the current model

[GAJ]

quote:Originally posted by Monsta Mo Mini

I think it's good in an Audi /GTi sort of way. Quite agressive.
Lovely car that GTi ;)


Nobody's biting!;)

[Heather]

No sir......I dont like it:(

[The Dogfather]

MMM trades MINI for GTI Shock!

The spotlights have been incorporated into the bonnet because the current standalone ones will be outlaw'd by the new pedestrian regs.

[Monsta Mo Mini]

quote:Originally posted by bad dog mini

MMM trades MINI for GTI Shock!


Maybes aye - maybes naw!:D

[GAJ]

I think the old bumper mark 1 BINI Coopers (like mine;)) are going to become classics! It's all going horribly wrong!:(

[Scottie]

quote:Originally posted by Monsta Mo Mini


quote:Originally posted by bad dog mini

MMM trades MINI for GTI Shock!


Maybes aye - maybes naw!:D


well done you if you have:p

I'm a big fan of VW beats the BMW (mini excluded) hands down all BMW can do is go for the minimalistic look for the cabin in all ranges crap with just one great big KNOB;)

[duncan]

quote:Originally posted by Monsta Mo Mini


quote:Originally posted by bad dog mini

MMM trades MINI for GTI Shock!


Maybes aye - maybes naw!:D


TDi?

[GAJ]

quote:Originally posted by ScottieCoop
...with just one great big KNOB;)


Ok who's going to be first? :clown:

[Burple]

quote: just one great big KNOB;)


Aye.. awright.. I will

But he shoulda been here by now..

Col...? COL??? where are ya??

Somebody shoutin on yer!! ;):D:D:D:p:p:blackeye::eek:




I Keed I Keed big man!:D

[Big Col]

<scowls> How are your new free bumpers tiny? :evil:;)

[Burple]

quote:Originally posted by Big Col

<scowls> How are your new free bumpers tiny? :evil:;)


Still shiny an yellow big man!!

Actually no.. they were bleedin manky when I got them..

If i didn't think I knew better somebody might have been rallying that car before the bumpers came off!! ;););):D:D:p

[Big Col]

swines!!! :D

[weefossy]

I've just got a big nob and Sioban keeps messing it up!! Probbaly the novelty will wear off after a week.
MMM A3 better than GTI....yes...no??

[Mini Me]

Auto express dont half print some crap !!!!!!!

[Monsta Mo Mini]

A3....? No!


Boring!

[Big Col]

We've heard that before from you minime and then a few months later it turns out to be true! :p

[X30YES]

Looks good but I Like this one better http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/20144/54215_thumb.jpg (http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/20144/54215.jpg)or this one http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/20144/52097_thumb.jpg (http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/20144/52097.jpg)

[red_cooper]

A vw gti is better than a cooper s works the new mk v gti with the 2ltr turbo fsi engine is an animal, Ive driven both and were I to be changin the mini at this moment in time gti wold be gettin the vote 3dr black-as it is I'm not im waiting til later in the year when the new s3 comes out cause that will wipe the floor with most things!!

But will prob end up in a wrx sti scooby!

Thats the current thought

I love how easily you guys get so wound up

u obviously love ur mini's

Mine's just a machine that handles very well, but every day I regret having bought it!!


Edit:no need to SHOUT!!

[Astrohaggis]

Woah - no need to shout! ;)

Yep, I love my Mini - and I have no regrets about getting mine! :D

[Scottie]

quote:Originally posted by red_cooper

A VW GTI IS BETTER THAN A COOPER S WORKS THE NEW MK V GTI WITH THE 2LTR TURBO FSI ENGINE IS AN ANIMAL, IVE DRIVEN BOTH AND WERE I TO BE CHANGIN THE MINI AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME GTI WOLD BE GETTIN THE VOTE 3DR BLACK-AS IT IS IM NOT IM WAITING TIL LATER IN THE YEAR WHEN THE NEW S3 COMES OUT CAUSE THAT WILL WIPE THE FLOOR WITH MOST THINGS!!

BUT WILL PROB END UP IN A WRX STI SCOOBY!

THATS THE CURRENT THOUGHT

I LOVE HOW EASILY YOU GUYS GET SO WOUND UP

U OBVIOUSLY LOVE UR MINI'S

MINE'S JUST A MACHINE THAT HANDLES VERY WELL, BUT EVERY DAY I REGRET HAVING BOUGHT IT!!




where my ear plugs.

Sorry but what's a S3:question: is that a merc

Or a Scooby is that a doo snack;)

[eddie 44]

an s3 lets think is that a over priced vw/seat/skoda.....;)

[Duncan Stewart]

quote:Originally posted by red_cooper

A VW GTI IS BETTER THAN A COOPER S WORKS

:eek::blackeye::evil::dead:
Only if you need a big boot ;)

[Mini Me]

quote:Originally posted by low_n_loud1


quote:Originally posted by Big Col

<scowls> How are your new free bumpers tiny? :evil:;)


Still shiny an yellow big man!!

Actually no.. they were bleedin manky when I got them..

If i didn't think I knew better somebody might have been rallying that car before the bumpers came off!! ;););):D:D:p



It's called wax ancle muncher,don't wind him up...:eek::blackeye:
The kit was off the car,10 mins after it came off the transporter:D

[red_cooper]

an s3 is a very accomplished 4wd turbo charged audi A3 225bhp as std, but with the 1.8turbo engine from vag under the bonnet tunning potential is massive!!!

reliability fit and finish is of the highest std!!

Scooby (showing your ignorance here im afraid scottie coop ) is a name given to the world renouwned subaru impreza. multiple time world rally championship winner!!!!

A MAN's CAR!!

[Scottie]

quote:Originally posted by red_cooper

an s3 is a very accomplished 4wd turbo charged audi A3 225bhp as std, but with the 1.8turbo engine from vag under the bonnet tunning potential is massive!!!

reliability fit and finish is of the highest std!!

Scooby (showing your ignorance here im afraid scottie coop ) is a name given to the world renouwned subaru impreza. multiple time world rally championship winner!!!!

A MAN's CAR!!




red cooper,

A man's car!!!! please you cannae even spell RENOWNED not RENOUWNED.

You must have a small :question: ;)that you have to post in such a confrontational way:p

[The Dogfather]

Scooby's - Fast in a straight line but crap on the twisties!

Audi's - Fit and finish of the highest standard, Ha! My last Audi was the most troublesome car I've ever owned 14 faults including 3 breakdowns in 12 months. Audi ended up giving us £700 and extending the warranty by 2 years as an apology. The 1.8 turbo TT recorded the highest percentage of breakdowns in the first 12 months of ownership, by any car ever!!!!
Personally I wouldn't touch that 1.8 turbo engine with a barge pole.

[Crombers]

I agree BDM. Previous car was the Golf (150bhp)1.8T & after 25K it needed a new turbo !!:mad:
Prior to this however the engine was ace , & as mentioned companies like Awesome GTi offer tuning upgrades via the cruise control that looked fab. Aparently one click & you were up to 180bhp then two clicks & your up to 225bhp & all this for about 600 quid !
Turbo MINI here we come :D

[red_cooper]

you boy's are entitled to your own oppinion as i am mine!!

the vag engine is a cracker!!!

so are their pump deuse tdi's

one on its way to me

[Sheilz]

One of my colleagues has a golf 2l gti and is fair scunnered with it. This is her second in as many months and like its predecessor is forever in the garage for a miriad of faults. The interior is also pretty boring.

[red_cooper]

the 2litre fsi engine isnt as great!!¬ its like the cooper engine needs to be wound up to get the power!!!!

plonk in a turbo to it tho (NEW GTI)

then its a cracker!!!

[Mini Me]

Turbo S, confirmed !!!!!<youneverhearditfromme>
roll on 2008....

[KenL]

quote:Originally posted by Monsta Mo Mini
Lovely car that GTi ;)


It certainly is :approve: