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[Greg Tatarian]

  Hi Clif,

I'll let John answer to tell you what he wants to call his MINI, but 
here's the deal on these cars (I know as we have a 2011 Mini John Cooper 
Works (JCW) Hardtop;

The car company is "MINI", which as owned by BMW differentiates its name 
from the original "Mini", which, short version here, was made both by 
Austin and Morris in the UK, and other companies overseas under license 
during the day.

Sticking with the new MINI, they are known as either the Hardtop, 
Clubman, Convertible, Countryman, all of which are available in the base 
model,"S" performance model, or the John Cooper Works, which is further 
modified for performance. Until recently, owners could only buy the JCW 
performance packages and either install or have them installed on their 
base or S model cars. Now, MINI sells a factory JCW, or the other models 
can have the JCW stuff installed by the factory.

Most owners of pre-2007 MINIs will have either a base or S car with JCW 
upgrades, whereas ours is a factory-built MINI JCW. The cars are made in 
England using parts from all over the globe, but include about 35% 
British-made parts, as I recall. Mini in spirit, but lots of BMW ethos now.

There - clear as old motor oil.

Cheers,
Greg and Trish Tatarian

1971 Lotus Elan S4 DHC
1967 Lotus Elan S3 FHC SE
1974 Triumph TR6
1974 Alfa Romeo GTV2000
2011 MINI JCW Hardtop
Still no planes or trains...







On 1/31/2011 8:00 AM, Clif & Deborah Williamson wrote:
> Hi John.
> Wow...quit a collection.
> I want to get the mini thing right.
> Is it Cooper Mini,  Mini Cooper, or John Cooper as the car make?  And 
> then Mini would be model, or Mini S, or Mini Works? Or what the heck.  
> Not joking.  I just want to make it the way it is suppose to be.
> Clif