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I've been doing my part to protect pedestrians. I stopped driving on the sidewalks. :arf:

 

Ahhhhhhhhh.... My head hurts...

 

SO Dave O. Does this "new Mini" take the heat off of the F56 LOL

 

That's making our Countryman look really good!

 

Wow it just keeps getting better & better. Way to go MINI.

 

Hello Lamp... Hello Pants.... Hello Amberlance......

 

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Nope not at all.:nonod:

 

Damn LOL

 

I really liked how the first gen MINI had the four wheels pushed out to the corners of the vehicle.

With each iteration of the MINI there seems to be more front and back overhang incorporated in the design..... I think they are moving away from the "Bull Dog" stance.....

Part of the "Gokart" handling came from the wheels pushed out to the corners....

MINI had a product that stood out from the crowd..... "Be Different"

I'm seeing a gradual shift away from the design uniqueness they had with the 1st and then again with the 2nd gen.... The 3rd gen more so.... Alas, I'll move on to something different when it's time.... And it won't be MINI I'm sorry to say... BUT.... I'll enjoy my R56 in the mean time....

 

You can blame the Federal Government for it's ridiculous safety standards - not MINI. :incazzato:

 

MINI is becoming Volvo..........:mad5:

Not that there is anything wrong with Volvo...

 

Nope, its not the Feds fault this time. Ford, Mazda & VW can make good looking cars the meet safety standards. They also cane make cars that have a flat face front end design that do not look like duckbills.

Mini can make them also just look at the fronts of the CM & PM. Mini has chosen not to on standard MINI's and its a shame.

Ugly designs are not dictated by the Fed's they are designed without thinking and seeing what is appealing to the eye of the market. At this point it looks like they are trying to copy FIAT. MINI should look back at what was VERY successful for decades because people wanted it and not what they "think" people will like in the future. Change is not good for just the sake of change.:nonod:

Also if they say they had a focus group that all loved the new design I bet it was a room full of MINI and BMW employees and not the real car buying public / customers. :idea::ihih::incazzato::lol:

 

Bring back..... Gert Hildebrand..... Gert Hildebrand.... Gert Hildebrand


I'm not Warming to Anders.....

 

Not the US Federal Government. This comes from EU standards.

 

Actually, it's both. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) cover three categories - crash avoidance, crashworthiness and post-crash survivability - in the U.S., while the pedestrian safety (and other) standards originated in Europe. Not all U.S. cars meet all the standards, because they're not sold in Europe. However, the European cars sold in both places obviously have to meet all of them.

Given the constraints of all the standards, plus trying to maintain the essential MINI "look" and character for the F-Series cars, I'm sure MINI designers thought they hit the mark. However, I'm also betting the hard design points for the headlights, hood height and fenders won't change much on the now-delayed JCW hardtop and the next Clubman - but the grills, bumper bars and under-bumper air inlets will change.

At least we never saw the 1974 Mini/MINI Clubman SRV4 safety car in production. :yikes:

 

Screw the EU we want our own cars made here to our standards. :lol:

BMW has auto plants in the US they can build one or retool a old GM one to MINI specs since we buy so many. If not keep them in the EU like Japan did for years with the Skyline GTR.

Today's US PS4 GTR is great but its not like the old classic Skyline that for sure. :nonod:

 

^^^ OMG!
And now Volvo has an exterior airbag mounted at the back of the hood to protect flying pedestrians from hitting the windshield. It's not available yet, but soon. :crazy:

 

So what you are saying is our pedestrians are smarter and they know not to walk in traffic. :lol::lol:

This is also why we like LOUD horns. They mean Get the F out of they way or die.

 

Yea what he said