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  1. 00Mini

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    #2 00Mini, Jan 5, 2017
    Doesn't look like the new plan is influencing potential buyers nones to well.
     
  2. Metalman

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    #3 Metalman, Jan 5, 2017
    This says it all.....

    Once again it appears that decision is based on the brand’s new direction which is intended to focus on select auto shows and events outside the automotive world.

    Look for MINI to be well represented at the Milan fashion show...:crazy:
     
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    #4 MoBoost, Jan 5, 2017
    It's not just MINI skipping the Detroit show. Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover, Maserati, Mini, Porsche, Rolls-Royce and Tesla are all not attending. They don't want to come me to Detroit in the Winter.:)
     
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    #5 Metalman, Jan 5, 2017
    I'd bet if it was held at some fancy winter resort in the swiss alps, those marques would be all over it in a second....:biggrin5:

    Maybe they are just a little afraid of Detroit....
     
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    #6 B.A.D., Jan 5, 2017


    Can't be true, it has to be only MINI because they are the worst automaker in the world since the stopped making the R53 and no amount of facts can change that[emoji12]


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    #7 Dave.0, Jan 5, 2017
    They don't want to come to Detroit and get killed. :lol:
     
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    #8 caseydog, Jan 5, 2017
    I can't wait for the Dallas Auto Show, so I can see all the newest trucks and SUVs, and some of last year's manufacturer's prototypes. :frown2:

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    #9 Dave.0, Jan 6, 2017
    People It's Detroit ! DETROIT ! Who really wants to go to Detroit? Even Dr. Detroit moved to LA.

    Now if they skip the LA auto show that's something different.

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    #10 M1N1, Jan 6, 2017
    Went thru Detroit on Wednesday to take the Justa to Detroit Tuned (in Clawson), and the best thing about the place was I 75 South, back to Ohio.

    Did notice a lot of car carriers, such as Reliable Carriers, heading downtown.
     
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    #11 MoBoost, Jan 7, 2017
    As you were heading south on I75, when you got near the Ohio border, did you feel the car speed up? You know why? Because Ohio sucks. :)
     
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    #12 M1N1, Jan 7, 2017

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
     
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    #13 caseydog, Jan 7, 2017
    Hmmm, the same reason Texas doesn't drift off into the Gulf of Mexico... Oklahoma sucks. :biggrin5:

    BTW, check out a documentary on YouTube called "Detroit on Fire." Those firefighters are the real deal.

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    #14 Firebro17, Jan 10, 2017
    Yah, those Firefighters are a pretty cool bunch...