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No sweat, didn't think you were trolling at all, we're just spinning here for grins anyway. You actually made a very good point though, MINI has never made a "sports car" in the truest sense of the term....

That said; my R53 kept me sporting a big silly grin for six years!!

 

I loved my R53. Eventually, I'll either have another one or a classic. For now, I have a JCW Countryman and I love it. I know it's not a "Real MINI/Mini" for a lot of people but MINI managed to take everything I wanted and put it in a MINI package.

All that aside, I'm looking forward to seeing what they do. I'm hoping some weight savings is involved.

 

Same here. The JCW CM in stock form out handles MANY crossovers, and I have driven several.....it's a ball to drive quickly which is what I thought the whole Mini mantra was about?

The exhaust is a HUGE disappointment, but the engine, clutch, interior and exterior pieces sort of make up the difference

 

There was a classic based "sports car" prototype. I forget the designation. Maybe the new one will be like the ACV30. It's a cool looking idea.

 

I have almost the same strength of "DO NOT WANT" feeling about that as I do about the first pictures of the F56.

 

Or maybe not....

I fear the R53 crowd will start liking the R56's by default.... Boy that would be sumtin.....

 

Well, YOURS probably will be !!...in stock form, I'm not sure :

 

Hey I'm here for ya buddy, didn't want you loosing sleep over it...:thumbup:

 

minimark, do you see the same type of conversations between the owners of the different generations of Miata/MX-5?

 

Funny when I first got my Mini in 2006 there was still a raging debate between the BMW gen Mini owners and the Classic owners who vehemently believed the new Minis not to be a MINI Cooper at all... There will always be folks that like one better than the other, protect and praise the one they own, but that is what makes us enthusiast and not just casual car owners....

To answer your question; yes but maybe not as passionately other than you are, or are not a Mazdaspeed MX-5 owner/lover... Wish I had a dollar for every non MSM owner that has told me that if you do this and change that on normal Miatas, that they will in fact be as quick or quicker than my MSM.... Of course if I change this and add that mine will be quicker too... So the debates rage on, gives us all something to talk about, and now as in the Mini world, there is a completely new version coming that folks can hate or love..debate about and point fingers at..

Ain't we car folks a hoot?! :thumbup:

 

It is actually what annoys me the most about car folks! I'm all about the banter between makes (Chevy vs Ford) or even classics vs modern, but the constant r53 vs r56 bs is just stupid to me. I've had both (well r55 instead of r56) and like/dislike aspects of both.

 

I think it's interesting everyone focuses on the sports car model changes (WTF is the coupe, if not that) and not the last paragraph that mentions the addition of a MPV to the MINI lineup.

Wait for it... Oh well... I'll provide a quote of a future post:

 

I guess your right, I think I'm just going to take a sabbatical from MA for awhile because I find myself getting more frustrated with the threads I've been following.

 

Nah, it goes back even further than that. Wheels are still controversial to some, too "revolutionary", there is a group of zealots still focusing on the square versus rectangle debate.

 

Wings for the win!!

 

Just my opinion but this is 100 times better looking than the F56. There is definitely some MINImal retro things happening here. I'd take one as long as there is a little "ummph" under the bonnet .

 

The "no wheelers" will eventually come round, but the others have painted themselves into a corner. ;-)

 

MINI sports car precedent Mini Landar
Mini Cooper - Landar