Re: Goodbye, Mini...

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

RoccoPhil wrote:
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/UK/10/04/mini.end/index.html
> 
> A sad day as one of the GTi's ancestors (if not THE ancestor) has finally
> rolled it's last production off the line.
> 
> -PK
> 

> 
> The Mini was also was immortalised in the
> Michael Caine movie The Italian Job, when red,
> white and blue cars zipped through Turin, only to
> be ditched down a mountainside in the final
> scene. 
> Introduced in 1959, 137 different types of Mini
> took to the roads worldwide from Britain to
> Bahrain. 
> Judith Dalman, a Mini owner who has a Web site dedicated to the car, 
> said: "My Mini is so much fun to drive and feels like so much more 
> than just a means of transport. 
> 
> "My theory is 'Buy a Mini, get a social life for free.' 
> It's true, believe me. "I'm very sad that Mini production has stopped.
> The new Mini can never beat its predecessor."


<sigh> You can just about replace Mini with Scirocco, can't you?

TBerk
Looking for a copy of the Italian Job.

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