Sections: Site News Aug 26th, 2005 8 Comments Well… certainly one of the ultimate MINIs. Casey Swenson, employee at Promini/BMP and a good friend of MotoringFile is selling the famous Bluethunder MINI Cooper S. The car was originally bought by Promini as a way demonstrate some of their higher-end products. It’s got about everything you can imagine and a total of 245hp. And stickers!
Casey is asking 25k for what has to be one of the most incredible MINIs out there. You can check it out below:
[ Blue Thunder For Sale! ] Autotrader
Jon Aug 26th, 2005 Link
I’ve seen this MONSTER on their web site. http://www.promini.com/project_cars/blue_thunder/
They used to have a QuickTime video of the car blurring through the gears, and it was very impressive. The supercharger whine was extremely pronounced–like a jetliner at take-off.
Can’t believe they’re asking only 25k! (Maybe it’s because they probably beat the snot out of it, being their test mule)…
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Casey Aug 26th, 2005 Link
This is no longer owned by PROMINI, but by myself…I purchased it about a year ago from my boss…the reason for the low price is I have to SELL SOON….my wife will most likely end up in labor this weekend with our first child….we just bought a new house, baby on the way…and my wife will be taking a year off with the baby then back to school for 2 years so we are trying to tighten up on things that we don’t really need….i don’t want to sell the car…but to me right now, starting a family is more important.
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SadArthur Aug 26th, 2005 Link
Hope you get your price. Over a two month ad campaign in Autoweek, Auto Trader, Craigslist, the SF newspapers and three Ebay auctions, I found the buying public unwilling to pony up for my cherry factory warrantied 2004 JCW MCS, even after lowering the price three times. I finally sold it to someone driving by my house who saw the For Sale sign. You gotta find that special person who wants a tweaked car and also has the bux. Not easy. Best of luck!
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Brian Aug 26th, 2005 Link
The car is awesome. I would buy it in a minute if I had the spare cash.. but I’ll just stick to my R/W MCS for now. Good Luck.
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Derek Aug 26th, 2005 Link
I’ve seen and heard this car up close at All MINI Track Days at Texas World Speedway. I also saw very little of it as it went by – more like a blue blur.
This is a suh-weet set up!
Derek
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Ryan Aug 26th, 2005 Link
I would be interested in this vehicle in a heartbeat if I had the cash for it right now. :) I’m sure you’ll sell. The only negative that I see is it’s a 2002.
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