Dan DiBiase wrote:
>
> Strange but true - I received this from MINI-USA today -
>
> BASE MSRP FOR MINI COOPER: $16,850
> BASE MSRP FOR MINI COOPER S: $19,850
Hey! Not bad! Their BMW Cooper S, brand new, is worth $150 less than
my 1967 Morris Cooper S. I'll also bet my car is considerably faster
than theirs and handles far better. ;)
> I actually happen to like the "new Mini" although I don't view it as a
> true successor to the "real" Mini. I think it's a nice small BMW that is
> affordable and looks pretty cool. And I like the fact that it's being
> built in Merrye Olde... I do think they are going overboard by taking on
> the many folks who have kept the brand afloat. It seems a shame that that
> has to happen, and it's surprising that it's happening outside
> litigiously-inclined America! (Oopps, sorry, the US of A)...
Fact is I like it too and might even have got myself one if they
hadn't pirated the Mini name and behaved like creeps in the bargain.
I suspect one reason they haven't tried their bully-boy tactics here
is that we are far more likely to countersue and they know we know
they have deep pockets.
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