3rd Gen JCW Most liked posts in thread: Opposite of the eMINI: F56 JCW GP

Yep... dial every cool feature on the concept back by 90% and that MIGHT make it into production, if it doesn't impact health and safety regulations (which are many)... so it will basically be the regular JCW MCS with some stickers, minor aero changes, suspension tuning and a few interior bits changed up to make it more sporting and less family friendly.

I'm not saying that the GP3 won't be interesting... really that I just hate the whole idea of concept cars because they are really just saying "Hey! Look at the cool cars that we COULD build instead of the stuff we ACTUALLY give you"

 

Just make sure you run the Dragon in your EV MINI from the highest point to the lowest point.... Same with the Blue Ridge Parkway... Top to Bottom.....

All of the IC MINI's would have a choice of either or both....

FYI...All New Jaguars And Land Rovers Will Be Hybrid Or Electric After 2020

 

MINI stopped making mini's after 2006. Everything after that has been a fatter and bigger car with no soul.

The R53 was the last of the great MINI's. PERIOD

All the new ones are just hipster design abortions to please the worthless millennials living in their parents basements.

If you don't like the facts LXM might be the Facebook site for you. :lol:

 

It's okay for the track. On the street, it would look like a ridiculous boy racer aftermarket body kit.

Design-wise, it's the opposite of the clean simplicity of the R50/R53. Remember when the advertising slogan was MINImalism?

 

Correction, Mini stopped making Mini's in March of 2000. BMW bought the name, changed it then started making the larger fatter MINI's with no soul in 2002.

The Mini 1.3i was the last of the great Mini's. PERIOD

 

I was waiting for that!

IMHO, the R53 is a modern interpretation of the original MINI. Then the R56 is a take on the R53... Gen 3 a copy of that, etc. It's like making a copy of a copy of a copy. After a while, you get away from the original purpose of the car. It doesn't make it a bad car... just not as on-target to the original.

I couldn't deal with a Mini (the original, with a cap-M and a small-ini)... I need air-bags, crumple-zones, lights that work ( ) etc, but I want that raw, connected feel, so I like the R53. If you want a better daily driver, a more reliable car and a car that fits the American consumer's tastes better, look to one of the newer generations.

We all want something different... so I'm happy that there are many different Minis and MINIs out there, because there are many different drivers. Can't we all just get along? Fun cars matter!

 

Hey, it's all in fun
I'm holding out for a late 90's classic Mini. I've driven a late 70's model, though fun it was very underpowered. I'd like something similar just newer.
The R53 is what I wanted but couldn't get financing for one to save my life. I was going for an 05 in mint condition, dark blue, low miles, but the bank wouldn't give me 10g's for it and the guy wanted 12. Hindsight I coulda just asked for a signature loan, but that's how it went.
I'm happy with my R56. She's got plenty of soul, or bitchyness, not really sure :beer

 

Being that I turned 70 this past July I thought I was a Boomer. Silly me. And obviously the only reason I'm living in my own house is because my parents are long gone. Sure do miss that basement... the one I moved out of in 1966, when I got my draft notice.

 

I was taking about BMW MINI's.