Comments on: The Last Day to Order an ’06? http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/ MotoringFile | MINI news, reviews and opinion. MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Clubman, Countryman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mike http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/comment-page-1/#comment-52400 mike Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:23:32 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/#comment-52400 <p>from what i understand, dealers can order 06s as long as their allocation lasts. i assume though at some point, the dealer will have to order their remaining allocation regardless of if they are sold or not.</p> from what i understand, dealers can order 06s as long as their allocation lasts. i assume though at some point, the dealer will have to order their remaining allocation regardless of if they are sold or not.

]]> By: MDOREGON http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/comment-page-1/#comment-52397 MDOREGON Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:06:45 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/#comment-52397 <p>I was able to place an order for a fully customized 2006 Cooper S on 9/16/06 so apparently there is still time... but not much.... I was told the cutoff date for placing an order for a 2006 would be within the next week or so?.... +/- 9/22??? The sales rep did not know if all dealers had the same cutoff date or not... bottom line is, if you want an '06 ... hurry!</p> I was able to place an order for a fully customized 2006 Cooper S on 9/16/06 so apparently there is still time… but not much…. I was told the cutoff date for placing an order for a 2006 would be within the next week or so?…. +/- 9/22??? The sales rep did not know if all dealers had the same cutoff date or not… bottom line is, if you want an ’06 … hurry!

]]> By: MotoringFile » Archive » Next Generation MINI Production Timeline http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/comment-page-1/#comment-43738 MotoringFile » Archive » Next Generation MINI Production Timeline Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:28:57 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/#comment-43738 <p>[...] So what does that mean for the folks in the US who want in on the last model year of the current hardtop? Read this article for all the details. [...]</p> [...] So what does that mean for the folks in the US who want in on the last model year of the current hardtop? Read this article for all the details. [...]

]]> By: Bartmack http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/comment-page-1/#comment-40920 Bartmack Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:28:52 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/#comment-40920 <blockquote>order soon if you want your MINI Burger King-style</blockquote> <p>lol... you mean with some huge wooden-headed freak in the rearview mirror grinning back at you unexpectedly?</p> order soon if you want your MINI Burger King-style

lol… you mean with some huge wooden-headed freak in the rearview mirror grinning back at you unexpectedly?

]]> By: Bilbo Baggins http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/comment-page-1/#comment-40756 Bilbo Baggins Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:12:34 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/#comment-40756 <p>This is really good news. It sounds as though the '06s are going to be a little scarce and in addition to being the last of a model line making them all the more vaulable to the collectors.</p> <p>I can wish can't I?</p> This is really good news. It sounds as though the ’06s are going to be a little scarce and in addition to being the last of a model line making them all the more vaulable to the collectors.

I can wish can’t I?

]]> By: Nathaniel Salzman http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/comment-page-1/#comment-40743 Nathaniel Salzman Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:10:48 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/#comment-40743 <p>Yeah, it's definitely worth noting - and from the sound of what Todd and I were told, MINI is actually already now holding pre-spec'c cars back in inventory to cover that gap between the end of '06 production and '07 USA delivery. Makes me wonder if there will be a certain number of custom order cars available to the bitter end. I wouldn't bank on it though. It'll probably be as you say - with the last couple months of production churning out the same dozen configurations until they shut it down. But hey, worst-case scenario they're still MINIs and will probably have all the normal goodies. It just might be tough to get the color you want or get specific options <i>left off</i>, but there will still be some MINIs to be had.</p> <p>Something I didn't know until I tried to log into the Owner's Lounge for the first time was that the dealer's allocation is pre-spec'd from the get go. They're getting a set number of cars each month and the configuration of those cars is set ahead of time. Whenever someone custom orders a MINI, the dealer goes in and changes the configuration of an already pre-spec'd car in their allocation to match what the customer wants. For example, for the first couple of days I tried to log in to the Owner's Lounge, my production number came back as an Astro Black MCS - not the Dark Silver MCS I had ordered. The system hadn't registered the changes to that pre-spec'd, allocated MINI. So if I hadn't ordered my MINI when I did and no one else had for a set period of time, I can only assume that Baron would have received the original spec Astro Black MCS in their allocation by default.</p> <p>So in looking at how these last few months of production will go down, it could be that nothing will really change in how MINI pre-spec's the cars, simply fewer and fewer cars available for custom order. Who knows? The moral of the story is order soon if you want your MINI Burger King-style: your way.</p> Yeah, it’s definitely worth noting – and from the sound of what Todd and I were told, MINI is actually already now holding pre-spec’c cars back in inventory to cover that gap between the end of ’06 production and ’07 USA delivery. Makes me wonder if there will be a certain number of custom order cars available to the bitter end. I wouldn’t bank on it though. It’ll probably be as you say – with the last couple months of production churning out the same dozen configurations until they shut it down. But hey, worst-case scenario they’re still MINIs and will probably have all the normal goodies. It just might be tough to get the color you want or get specific options left off, but there will still be some MINIs to be had.

Something I didn’t know until I tried to log into the Owner’s Lounge for the first time was that the dealer’s allocation is pre-spec’d from the get go. They’re getting a set number of cars each month and the configuration of those cars is set ahead of time. Whenever someone custom orders a MINI, the dealer goes in and changes the configuration of an already pre-spec’d car in their allocation to match what the customer wants. For example, for the first couple of days I tried to log in to the Owner’s Lounge, my production number came back as an Astro Black MCS – not the Dark Silver MCS I had ordered. The system hadn’t registered the changes to that pre-spec’d, allocated MINI. So if I hadn’t ordered my MINI when I did and no one else had for a set period of time, I can only assume that Baron would have received the original spec Astro Black MCS in their allocation by default.

So in looking at how these last few months of production will go down, it could be that nothing will really change in how MINI pre-spec’s the cars, simply fewer and fewer cars available for custom order. Who knows? The moral of the story is order soon if you want your MINI Burger King-style: your way.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/comment-page-1/#comment-40734 Gabe Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:41:28 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/#comment-40734 <p>NS - I've updated the story with the pre-specced info. I actually forgot about that facet of the story. I'd hate to have someone not get the car they want based on the wrong info here!</p> NS – I’ve updated the story with the pre-specced info. I actually forgot about that facet of the story. I’d hate to have someone not get the car they want based on the wrong info here!

]]> By: Nathaniel Salzman http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/comment-page-1/#comment-40729 Nathaniel Salzman Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:58:58 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/13/2006-model-year-ordering-details/#comment-40729 <p>When I was ordering my MCS a week and a half ago, the sales rep was telling Todd and I that to compensate for the ramping down of production on the current cars over the next few months, MINI is actually holding back pre-spec'd cars to keep dealer allocations consistent all the way through the transition to the R56. Otherwise dealers could run out of cars in the interim between November, when R50/R53 production stops, and January when the first of the'07s arrive in the USA. So it looks like during the last few months of the model run cars will still be available all the way up to when the new car comes out - but with pre-spec'd configurations. That's been eluded to here on MotoringFile, but that's a little more direct confirmation. Though she didn't go into any specifics as to when the cut-off date would be for custom orders, based on that information it looks as though we can fully expect not only will the first of the '07 MINIs be pre-spec'd, but most likely some of the last of the '06 MINIs.</p> <p>Makes me very glad to have my order in!</p> <p>NS in NE</p> When I was ordering my MCS a week and a half ago, the sales rep was telling Todd and I that to compensate for the ramping down of production on the current cars over the next few months, MINI is actually holding back pre-spec’d cars to keep dealer allocations consistent all the way through the transition to the R56. Otherwise dealers could run out of cars in the interim between November, when R50/R53 production stops, and January when the first of the’07s arrive in the USA. So it looks like during the last few months of the model run cars will still be available all the way up to when the new car comes out – but with pre-spec’d configurations. That’s been eluded to here on MotoringFile, but that’s a little more direct confirmation. Though she didn’t go into any specifics as to when the cut-off date would be for custom orders, based on that information it looks as though we can fully expect not only will the first of the ’07 MINIs be pre-spec’d, but most likely some of the last of the ’06 MINIs.

Makes me very glad to have my order in!

NS in NE

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