VW to buy MINI from BMW? (Posted April 1st)

Sections: Rumor Apr 1st, 2006 64 Comments

In the last 24 hours we’ve heard from several sources that the sale of the MINI division to VW is imminent. This unthinkable news seems to be brought on by VW’s intense desire to regain it’s historical place in the US market.

Word from several of our sources is that VW is considering re-branding future MINIs as “VINIs”. The new VINIs would be slightly different from today’s MINI in both look and available options. For instance the VINI would only feature four colors, two “packages” and an optional toy “VINI” that randomly quotes lines from Joe Pesci in my Cousin Vinny.

Expect the change over to happen late this year. As part of the deal BMW will be getting Skoda , Seat, and an automaker to be named later.

Happy April 1st.

Written By: Gabe

64 Comments

BL Apr 1st, 2006 Link

I just got sick…. Gabe!

Shahin Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Ha,

Good one Gabe, You almost got me!

Rollin Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy 4/1 Gabe – you had me for a second, till only four colors.

FH Apr 1st, 2006 Link

VINI in da haus!

Jon Apr 1st, 2006 Link

This is great news! The new Cooper S will be slower than the old one!

MINICORNO Apr 1st, 2006 Link

MINI GTi vs GOLF Cooper S MINI R32 vs GOLF JCW MINI TDi vs GOLF D MINI DSC vs GOLF CVT

What wonderful MINI world!

Rocketboy Apr 1st, 2006 Link

“Well, it sucks”

LTZMTOR Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Hey maybe they’ll bring back the Split Rear Window design or maybe there will be a 411 MINI? Aufviedersehen Sucka!

Shoulda let it roll longer Gabe!

LTZMTOR Apr 1st, 2006 Link

I think the other mark would be Trabant!

Chuck Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Yes!!!! I’m looking forward to VINI releasing a VW 411 derived new MINI. What a car that would be. My heart be still. ;-) LOL

jarrett Apr 1st, 2006 Link

good try!

mightydread Apr 1st, 2006 Link

OH MY GOD !!!! you just scard the hell out of me. nice one dude.

mikie

dickdavid Apr 1st, 2006 Link

this one was very clever…

LTZMTOR Apr 1st, 2006 Link

411 trans….might be betta that the current Cooper trans. MINI Notchback, YA!

411, a VW for Octogenarians.

mcswrks Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Holy crap you scared me for a second there….

Damon Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Gabe, you forgot to mention the introduction of the new turbo-diesel powered model VW add. It will of course be called the “VINI DIESEL”. It will have a shiney chrome roof, very muscular fenders and a deep growling exhaust.

cafeine Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Gabeeeee…..you @@(*@$&$&@#%^….it took me a minute to press more button……that was NOT FUNNY!!!!!………………:P, good one though

Mark (Ohio) Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Ok I have to admit you got me, I even called in my wife and was ranting to her about it…then after she wandered off because apparently it’s not important to her, I realized it must be a joke. (whew). :)

Tori Apr 1st, 2006 Link

YEA! More crap in the MINI market :D

alpha-6 Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Yeah right!!!! next thing you know 2007 Cooper S’s will be TURBO!!!! LOL…..hehe.

jordan Apr 1st, 2006 Link

you got me too gabe!

J/C Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Good one! Saw the title and thought “Oh sh7t!” You pulled a good one!

Rollin Apr 1st, 2006 Link

I feel real lucky. Right after my wife got out of bed I showed her this, and she did care! She says the world felt surreal for a moment and thought she was caught in some sort of MINI night mare.

Boutros Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Well done! You had the master! My ‘02 MCS has been in the shop for a month after a 16 yr old girl ran a stop sign in front of me forcing me to drive a Dodge Flatus, had to cancel a trip to Ireland yesterday at the very last minute when father-in-law failing health took a turn for the worse and then MINI being sold to VW… I am so delighted to find it is April 1st!

Ken (WingNut) Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Please go back to picking on LY instead… this was really mean!

Cheers!

05DSMCS Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Wow, you had me for a second there, and boy was I shocked! Great job, Gabe.

Bart Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Gabe,I think you made Bernd Pischetsrieder cry.

Dominique Apr 1st, 2006 Link

YOU ALMOST HAD ME GOING!… well until you said VINI.

Craig Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Great April fools joke….a scary one to say the least…………..

Vanwall Apr 1st, 2006 Link

HeHe! Nice one, lads.

    BCNU,
   Rob in dago

Bob Apr 1st, 2006 Link

I threw up in my mouth when I read this. Nicely played Gabe.

hexproject Apr 1st, 2006 Link

damn. it.. cereal + milk went up my nose again…..

Charlie Apr 1st, 2006 Link

You have to work harder than that to fool us MINI owners!

LMB Apr 1st, 2006 Link

LOL……..nice one Gabe.:o)

To be honest you had me until you said “VW is considering re-branding future MINIs as Ã¢â‚¬Å“VINIsÃ¢â‚¬Â….lol

Happy April Fool Gabe.;o)

Dave Apr 1st, 2006 Link

ha ha ha – got you right off the top. Not really funny but hey . . .

snowman Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Anyone who follows Apple computer knows that April Fool’s Day can bring news that seems a bit sensational and unbelievable. This story certainly fits into this category. April Fool’s Day, I love it.

Osmodious Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Thanks…thanks a lot…visions of Mini 2.0T 4Motion’s floating in my head, then I realize what the date is. Would have ruined my day if my visit to the local BMW dealer hadn’t already…

MDSBrain Apr 1st, 2006 Link

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little…

Barry Apr 1st, 2006 Link

The first mod will be replacing the front scoop with a flower vase on your next scheduled dealer maintenance.

Bilbo Baggins Apr 1st, 2006 Link

Excellant !!!!! Well done !!

ROTFLMAO

Al Darko Apr 1st, 2006 Link

I almost vomited…. But it gave me even more reason to keep my 2002 MCS!!

Shamus Apr 1st, 2006 Link

You had me at VINI!

JohnPC Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

Gabe, that joke is one of the rare deeds you should be both proud of and ashamed of at the same time. You had me going.

Nathaniel Salzman Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

“…and Jaguar was bought by Ford.” Oh wait, that’s not a joke.

Oh man, you had me freakin’ out for just a second until I read the “(posted April 1st)” in the title. Too bad you had to give it away so quickly. I bet you’d have really ruffled some feathers if we’d been held until the end of the article. I don’t think you could have picked a better faux-purchaser than VW either. Just believable enough, and just awful enough. Brilliant.

Gabe Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

Oh man, you had me freakinÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ out for just a second until I read the Ã¢â‚¬Å“(posted April 1st)Ã¢â‚¬Â in the title

Yeah I added that once the day was over so people wouldn’t be overly confused. And then there are the people that will see this in six month looking through the archives who I have to worry about as well :)

Ian C. Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

I missed out on all the panic, being away yesterday :)

Did you create this story Gabe, or was it run elsewhere? If you did – well done!

Claus Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

And I’m going to buy Lamborghini from VW!

Cheers Claus

Gabe Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

Did you create this story Gabe, or was it run elsewhere? If you did – well done!

This one is all mine. The ones that are labeled “Official News” are the official releases.

BRUCE HORD Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

Been waiting for this one for weeks and then forgot to change months on 04/01 when I logged on. Great job! Well done.

O(=^=)O Capn Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

I was looking forward to this day. Google always has fun with April 1st. I do have to admit that They did get me with Google Gulp

Check the archives for more Motoringfile April Fools fun.

O(=^=)O Capn Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

Gabe, I think this would be fun if it got picked up by a major news outlet like your Mini Pullman did.

Pat Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

Wow, at first you really had me going there… Until I read VINI :)

My parents gave me a heart attack to, saying that my dad drove into my MINI when reparking his car in the garage. (I’m on a vacation)

Good one,

Greetings

Pat

Fireball Tim Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

Just went down to the VW dealer and put my name on the list for the new VINI. They required a downpayment of 12 bucks. Seems kinda high to em…

O(=^=)O Capn Apr 2nd, 2006 Link

whoa Fireball Tim reads this, cool, but of course he would.

p3los Apr 3rd, 2006 Link

I have to say that I was already calling my dealer to say him if he could prepare me a full JCW MCS, even if I had to owe him some thousand bucks…

Mark Hendrie Apr 3rd, 2006 Link

Hilarious Gabe – all I read was the headline today (3/04/2006) and just about had a heart attack. Once I reached the part about the Vini I nearly fainted! Nice one – really funny!

MINI_fan Apr 3rd, 2006 Link

Gabe, you forgot to mention the introduction of the new turbo-diesel powered model VW add. It will of course be called the Ã¢â‚¬Å“VINI DIESELÃ¢â‚¬Â. It will have a shiney chrome roof, very muscular fenders and a deep growling exhaust.

HAHAHAHA the best comment so far!!!!!!!!

LorenH Apr 3rd, 2006 Link

Hook, line & sinker, just like every year!

Good one!

LEXLOW Apr 3rd, 2006 Link

Dude, I was eating my lunch and I almost PUKED!!

I HATE YOU!!

;-)

JIM LUCIDO Apr 3rd, 2006 Link

LMAO ALMOST HAD ME.

Andy Apr 4th, 2006 Link

Jon This is great news! The new Cooper S will be slower than the old one!

You have obviously not driven the new GTI

HPzie Apr 5th, 2006 Link

Awh man …… You got me good, I was like WTF. Good one :-)

teresa Apr 19th, 2006 Link

You evil, evil person. I nearly burst into tears. Damn you!

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VW to buy MINI from BMW? (Posted April 1st)

Sections: Rumor Apr 1st, 2006 64 Comments

Written By: Gabe

64 Comments

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