Daily Toggle Quotes from Frank Stephenson on the MINI

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  1. JoeClubman

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    As a MINI enthusiast, you ought to know about Frank Stephenson. *He led the design team—one of fifteen—whose design for the new MINI was chosen for production. Frank Stephenson is an American born in Casablanca, Morocco on*October 3, 1959, just a few weeks after the original classic Mini launched. *While at BMW Group, he created […]

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    Refreshing to hear things from Stephenson's point of view.
     
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    This is awesome

    Automobile: NEWS: Frank Stephenson Interview (May 14, 2013)

    On the MINI Countryman

    “Oh, my gosh, I don’t like it. I mean I don’t like the whole new trend at all. I think they just wildly abused the brand. And they’ve gone away from their roots in such a way that now the buyers are not the same buyers.”

    ^^^ that's sums up everything we have been saying about BMW killing MINI.
     

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