Looks like the MINI marketing department was thrown under the bus because they couldn't sell the product that was being made...
Two choices.... Find a new marketing department.... Or make a product that sells...
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If only they still sold a Cooper (you know, what Mini/MINI WAS known for) that previous Gen owners would want to buy....
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Seen first on M/A
When I moved from my 06 MCS my plan was to buy an F56 Cooper. That is until I saw one & then drove one. That's how I ended up in my GTI. I'm not the only one, I know a few people who have taken the same path.
I was pretty sad about what MINI had done, but I love the GTI. Maybe I should send a thank you note to MINI for showing me the way.
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They could start by removing doors and making MINI "mini" again. Less BMW crap and more reliable, you know minimal.
They need to get back to designing and building what people want, a normal economy car that was and is and still is icon. (Classics and now even the R53 are becoming icons)
STOP listening to hipsters in scarfs at BMW's future marketing morons office that are trying, and failing, to predict what customers will want.
They need to get back to the 1st gen roots before big brother BMW got involved in designing, making and trying to sell overpriced ugly little BMW's. Less BS in a MINI but still safe just like the originals. YES less is more and that's one reason the first gens were such a huge success.
And for the love of GOD get rid or the big 4X4's or as BMW knows it $X$ big MINI SUV's. The new ClubVan is a failure and this shows BMW/ MINI have lost touch with it's buyers. AGAIN -
I would be very happy if they just released a throw back R53 model. I'd trade Bitsy Mae in in a heart beat for a brand new RELIABLE R53. Same body style, just new engine and interior, you know, how Mini has done it since what, the late 50's? -
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I for one do not want an R53 retro with a New N series turdblow motor.
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Hang on to your MINI's guys. BMW has stopped making them or at least what folks around here want. Seems that not many other's want what they are offering either. It isn't going to get better sorry to say. The good ship MINI is sinking. Man the life boats.
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All they need to do is look at what happened to SAAB...and learn from their sordid experience.
Any guesses as to when BMW will relieve itself of its MINI burden and sell the pieces to a willing far east entrepreneur? -
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How I want to drive through traffic if every car I saw was an F56, CountryFail or ClubVan.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Yco1deXOzN8 -
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MINI seems to be selling in Europe so maybe there is a enough of a market there for them. A Chinese company may buy them. They seem to be buying a lot. Tata is doing well with Jag & Land Rover that could be a fit. -
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^^^^ Best Idea EVER!
BMW PLEASE SELL OFF MINI to some company that can make better design decisions. -
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What did you think Crash was talking about one big TIT! :confused5:
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Thread correction.....
It is not Chinese. Made buy the folks who invented Tandoori Chicken.
Tata everyone..... :smilewinkgrin:
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Much to the surprise of many, still not dead yet.
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