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sports850
PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:40 pm 
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Now you've got to admit , this one looks like fun :lol:

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No idea on it's origins but I stole it from the IMMCC . Bit scary if it is a real ad and BMW is hyping up the mini's 50th birthday as their own ...

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The guy with a twin carbed 850 wrote:
Bit scary if it is a real ad and BMW is hyping up the mini's 50th birthday as their own ...


Really nice visual, but if it is from BMW it shows they have absolutely no interest in the mini's heritage beyond more their logo. Perhaps it's their vision of how the MINI will grow (which wouldn't surprise me).

And Sir Alex revolves in his grave once more...
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I dunno, it looks like it might accelerate ok...

It would want to have a star trek like dash to compliment the boosters...

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its too big and looks nothing like a mini

50 years of the original mini, the current mini isnt the same car so bmw should f&^% off.
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DONT DO IT BMW SPORTS850 WILL CHANGE YOUR PROFILE AND THAT IS REALLY SCARY :shock: :shock:

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Would love to see how the hydrolastic set up worx :shock: Lucas electrics? I thought 10" wheels were small; where the hell are the wheels?

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I would do anything for a set of interstellar ram jets on my mini. Would need to get the tacho recal'd for n1 turbine revolutions however.

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Interesting to see that it's still getting bigger and they are still calling it mini.... :)

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BMW + MINI = MONI and you'll need lots of it. They're taking the little calf and turning it into a cash cow.
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Yep thats the BMW MINI alright, much, much, bigger on the outside than the original and yet still barely manages to seat four in comfort.

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Many thank's to Henk on the IMMCC board , the pic is from the 2009 MINI calender which has something of a futuristic theme this year , back page of which is here ,

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i kinda like it

nothing like a mini.... but strangely alluring

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Bavarian Mini Wreckers strikes again! :cry:

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would it still stall in the rain tho?

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