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Morris 1100
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What's in a name...

What was the name of the team that raced the Ford Anglias in the BTCC against the Minis?

What was the name of the team that raced the unsucessful Jaguars in the ETCC in the mid 70s?

What was the name of the team that raced Ford Escorts and Capris in the late 60s and into the 70s.

Oh and they cut the roof off a Mini. :wink:
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Yeah, what he said ^^^

Typical of modern marketing to 'buy' heritage. Makes me vomit. Clean-suited hip young things in the marketing department think "Need to extend the lifecycle of this product, hmmm, where's Wikipedia? Ooo, look - a renowned tuner of minis, apparently highly sort after mini variant. Quick, buy the rights before they know what we're up too and it will be too late".

Soulless.


Completely agree. These people would not know what heritage was unless it but them on the bum, as their recent use of the Clubman name shows. It makes me sick. :x

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It's a hack job, but i'd say it has potential.

Using a "Clubman" as a base. (It's lowered a bit too)

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Completely agree. These people would not know what heritage was unless it but them on the bum, as their recent use of the Clubman name shows. It makes me sick. :x


I don't know.

They took a decent looking car and turned it into a boxy abomination.

I'd say they got it spot on.

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cush wrote:
It's a hack job, but i'd say it has potential.

Using a "Clubman" as a base. (It's lowered a bit too)

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if it comes out looking like that, I'm going to shoot myself... it actually looks OK - fingers crossed it looks stupid like the rest of the binis

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Don't be silly.

It will look like, and be a competitor to this.

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Or that other ugly hatch back.

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Actually... considering the owners..


maybe this isn't such a wild suggestion..

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bnicho wrote:
Angusdog wrote:
Yeah, what he said ^^^

Typical of modern marketing to 'buy' heritage. Makes me vomit. Clean-suited hip young things in the marketing department think "Need to extend the lifecycle of this product, hmmm, where's Wikipedia? Ooo, look - a renowned tuner of minis, apparently highly sort after mini variant. Quick, buy the rights before they know what we're up too and it will be too late".

Soulless.


Completely agree. These people would not know what heritage was unless it but them on the bum, as their recent use of the Clubman name shows. It makes me sick. :x


your talking about bmw, they have more heritage then mini ever will.. why dont you all stop winging because its not a dead ringer for the classic and embrace the car that is keeping interest in the mini alive..?

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What heritage does BMW have? They hide their true history behind myths and legends.
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With a roundie front yeah, but with a bini front :|
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bnicho wrote:
Angusdog wrote:
Yeah, what he said ^^^

Typical of modern marketing to 'buy' heritage. Makes me vomit. Clean-suited hip young things in the marketing department think "Need to extend the lifecycle of this product, hmmm, where's Wikipedia? Ooo, look - a renowned tuner of minis, apparently highly sort after mini variant. Quick, buy the rights before they know what we're up too and it will be too late".

Soulless.


Completely agree. These people would not know what heritage was unless it but them on the bum, as their recent use of the Clubman name shows. It makes me sick. :x


your talking about bmw, they have more heritage then mini ever will.. why dont you all stop winging because its not a dead ringer for the classic and embrace the car that is keeping interest in the mini alive..?


Meeni, of course I'm talking about BMW. :roll:

We are all entitled to our own opinion, and in my opinion the people at BMW still have no idea what a real Mini is. BMW has no heritage with the Mini beyond taking a name and using it as a marketing tool. I am not interested in embracing that.

Now, why don't you stop whinging because we won't "embrace" the BINI?

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Now, why don't you stop whinging because we won't "embrace" the BINI?


why dont you stop bagging it, its the same old bullshit from you dudes. Another MINI bashing thread, just what the forum needs. :(

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bnicho wrote:
Now, why don't you stop whinging because we won't "embrace" the BINI?


why dont you stop bagging it, its the same old bullshit from you dudes. Another MINI bashing thread, just what the forum needs. :(


And guess what, its always the same old crap from the "Waaaah, they don't like my MINI, sook, sook camp?"

If I don't like my mate's Holden, I can tell him and he can take it. The same if he doesn't like my Moke. We can agree to disagree. So why can't some MINI drivers accept that not everyone likes their car? :roll:

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cush wrote:
It's a hack job, but i'd say it has potential.

Using a "Clubman" as a base. (It's lowered a bit too)

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That's pretty close to what I was thinking cush , though maybe shorter wheelbase/overhang and with an impressive list of engine and suspension mods . Say limited to 1000 (I know , tooling costs etc would stop it) , 250 hp , super responsive/tunable suspension and huge brakes :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

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If the broadspeed MINI looks like that i would love to get one. Done up for racing would be a weapon. Though the wheelbase could be a bit shorter to save weight.
Me likey.
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