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	<title>Comments on: MINI Concept Detroit: Web Round-up</title>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Baggins</title>
		<link>http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/01/30/mini-concept-detroit-web-round-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31079</link>
		<dc:creator>Bilbo Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Is it just me? ....  The concept car MINI showed at Detroit did NOTHING for me.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have to agree.  Other than making me nauseous.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Glad I have my brand new &#039;06 MCS.  That should give BMW/MINI time to get their act together and return the design back to something closer to the &#039;02 MINI.  No increase in length, no radical styling changes.  It is the fact that the original Mini stayed the same size for 50 years that has made it unique.  The styling was also maintained for 50 years with only minor changes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What is BMW/MINI thinking?  Oh, that&#039;s right, they aren&#039;t!&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>Is it just me? &#8230;.  The concept car MINI showed at Detroit did NOTHING for me.</blockquote>

<p>I have to agree.  Other than making me nauseous.</p>

<p>Glad I have my brand new &#8217;06 MCS.  That should give BMW/MINI time to get their act together and return the design back to something closer to the &#8217;02 MINI.  No increase in length, no radical styling changes.  It is the fact that the original Mini stayed the same size for 50 years that has made it unique.  The styling was also maintained for 50 years with only minor changes.</p>

<p>What is BMW/MINI thinking?  Oh, that&#8217;s right, they aren&#8217;t!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: NJ Ron</title>
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		<dc:creator>NJ Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Is it just me?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have an &#039;04 MINI with more miles on it than I like to have.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So.........&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I&#039;m starting to think about its replacement.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My buying history is buying a new car then replacing it with the same new model two or three years later. So I&#039;m really a two model buyer and should be getting a new MINI for my next car.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But, I&#039;m not impressed with what I&#039;m seeing and hearing from MINi about the future.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(First hint - my current MINI is the now discontinued black color which I really want on my next car.  I had it on the car I had before my MINI too.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The concept car MINI showed at Detroit did NOTHING for me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I sure hope the next MINI is actually shown soon or I might be posting on another brands owners site in the future.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Are you listening MINI?)&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it just me?</p>

<p>I have an &#8217;04 MINI with more miles on it than I like to have.</p>

<p>So&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>

<p>I&#8217;m starting to think about its replacement.</p>

<p>My buying history is buying a new car then replacing it with the same new model two or three years later. So I&#8217;m really a two model buyer and should be getting a new MINI for my next car.</p>

<p>But, I&#8217;m not impressed with what I&#8217;m seeing and hearing from MINi about the future.</p>

<p>(First hint &#8211; my current MINI is the now discontinued black color which I really want on my next car.  I had it on the car I had before my MINI too.)</p>

<p>The concept car MINI showed at Detroit did NOTHING for me.</p>

<p>I sure hope the next MINI is actually shown soon or I might be posting on another brands owners site in the future.</p>

<p>(Are you listening MINI?)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Nathaniel Salzman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nathaniel Salzman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Is it just me or does this car have less front overhang than the spy shot R56 we saw on the video? I do very much like the more upright nose and grill on this car. If only the headlights were forward to match.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it just me or does this car have less front overhang than the spy shot R56 we saw on the video? I do very much like the more upright nose and grill on this car. If only the headlights were forward to match.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Sergio X1/9</title>
		<link>http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/01/30/mini-concept-detroit-web-round-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31060</link>
		<dc:creator>Sergio X1/9</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Another link (in italian), with photoes, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.virtualcar.it/testo.php?id=317&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Virtual Car&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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