Checkmate Gets Checkmated

I’m suddenly wondering if they sold the Checkmate package in Australia.

“Checkmate” is one of the leading condom brands down there!

I’m suddenly wondering if they sold the Checkmate package in Australia.

Yes, they sure do sell the Checkmate and Park Lane in Australia. I’ve seen them both at my dealer in Adelaide and they’re on the homepage of MINI Australia. Ah, the perils of global marketing.

love it. the interior is awesome. space blue rocks.

more resell value for me now not that i’m ever selling my baby but at least its an option :)

“Based on my short experience as a MA for a local MINI dealership, it seems to me the Checkmate package was kinda a flop in the market.

Someone who recently did a Mini factory tour was told by the guide that the factory has been overwhelmed by demand for the Checkmates and they can’t build them fast enough. Perhaps they have been a hit everywhere except your dealership???

“Checkmate” is one of the leading condom brands down there

That’s what my Mum pointed out to me when she first saw mine (insert embarrassed blush here) but fortunately they are actually spelt differently ;) the condom variety is spelt “chekmate” ;)

Space Blue (only available on the Checkmate over here in the Netherlands) was like a godsend to me. I didn’t really care for many of the other colours, only PW (came at a premium from the lease company “because white is hard to sell”) really. Good seconds were Hyper Blue and Chili Red. I would have liked Solar Red too (actually, if I could have had a Solar Red Checkmate, including a Solar Red dash, I would have jumped at it even quicker than in Space Blue), but that’s only available on the Seven over here (Checkmate, Seven and Park Lane are more marketed like Special Editions over here then they are “packages”).

Anyway, kinda nice to hear it will remain something special. Any word on what is to happen to Space Blue? Is it here to stay in the Mini colour range?

I too loved red too much to pick the checkmate package.

If the wheels were available separatley, and white, I might go for them.

They’re my kind of goofy.

I just bought one of the two Checkmates left in SF – Love it. Can’t wait to break in the motor to see what she’ll do. We have some great roads here and she smiles every time she sees a curve. As for the space blue, it is a great color, but every speck of dust is visible.