gulf mini
This may be old news but it's the first I've heard of it - BMW have ruined the Clubman now as well as the standard Mini...
New Clubman
Pete
But it has the same front as the BMW mini and the orig clubman was very different to the round nose jobby.
Twonks!
Yeah exactly, they've messed with the back and not the front. I guess they wanted to keep the standard front because (some) people like it, but
then it isn't a clubman is it! Still, I guess I'm not really their target audience, I'm a classic mini fan myself.
Pete
quote:It's NOT a mini at all !!!!
but then it isn't a clubman is it!
Now that's what I call a Mini
Never owned one myself but that's what I want next, once I've got some cash together.
Pete
that is gorgeous!
Still pine for HPM350L ....... officially black tulip Mini 1000, reality very dark deep purple i've started see on other cars in the last few
years.
Now, a really proper mini has the hinges on the outside! BUt not bad at all there Mr Donut. I never got around to getting my minis sprayed, too busy
tuning them and breaking gearboxes!
Cheers chaps, Yeah you can't beat a Mk1. I expect i'll have a few more before i keel over!
Changing the front would cause major expense -- crash testing also pedestrian impact rules would be veryhard to meet with a Clubman/1275Gt style nose.
Saw them testing the New Clubman in Austria. On a LHD it's got two doors on the passenger side and one on the driver's!! Doesn't look
right in the flesh.
At least they haven't tried to make a pick up!
Don't say that! They'll go off and make one now, and ruin yet another mini variant! 
Why's it got two exhausts - my cynicism says it's so bmw can con you out of twice as much for an exhaust.
Or has it got a V8
ATB
Simon
That'll be a "wheel barrow " with two exhausts
They could have done this. (linked from sniffpetrol site but I took the photo myself - just can't find it on my pc right now)
At least that has some character.
now that's funny.
Saw caption on the back of a rusty mini 1000, went something like,
"100% british 0% german - the real mini"
couldn't help laughing considering the state it was in.
BMW's best Mini con was to charge you for a key to unlock the wheels.
They really don't understand what the Mini was about.
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Originally posted by DIY Si
Don't say that! They'll go off and make one now, and ruin yet another mini variant!