Comments on: Autoweek Tests the R56 Prototype http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/ 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: Glenn http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-47072 Glenn Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:22:36 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-47072 <p>all those pictures of the interior are great. I think I may be won over now.</p> all those pictures of the interior are great. I think I may be won over now.

]]> By: Nathaniel Salzman http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-47045 Nathaniel Salzman Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:38:23 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-47045 <p>LOL!</p> <p>Thanks. That's good to know.</p> LOL!

Thanks. That’s good to know.

]]> By: O(=^=)OCapn http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-47040 O(=^=)OCapn Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:49:35 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-47040 <blockquote>I’m very doubtful but interested to see the finished interior, as I actually liked the foam masking better than the preview pics of the finished interior we’ve had here on MF. But we’ll see. </blockquote> <p>Hey Nathan, I think that that foam is retrofitable on the '07 interior if you ever end up getting one.</p> I’m very doubtful but interested to see the finished interior, as I actually liked the foam masking better than the preview pics of the finished interior we’ve had here on MF. But we’ll see.

Hey Nathan, I think that that foam is retrofitable on the ’07 interior if you ever end up getting one.

]]> By: Nathaniel Salzman http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-47020 Nathaniel Salzman Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:11:25 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-47020 <p>Yegor H. ,</p> <p>Not to get wicked off-topic, but what's your spec? I'm DS with a PS roof, sport pac, premium pac, winter pac, space cloth, anthricite, and chrome-line interior.</p> Yegor H. ,

Not to get wicked off-topic, but what’s your spec? I’m DS with a PS roof, sport pac, premium pac, winter pac, space cloth, anthricite, and chrome-line interior.

]]> By: Yegor H. http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-47009 Yegor H. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:19:31 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-47009 <blockquote>But I’m still glad to be getting my ‘06 - thrilled actually. It gets to the dealer in KC today.</blockquote> <p>Congratulations! I am expecting mine later this week. They are almost twins!? ;-)</p> But I’m still glad to be getting my ‘06 – thrilled actually. It gets to the dealer in KC today.

Congratulations! I am expecting mine later this week. They are almost twins!? ;-)

]]> By: agranger http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-47000 agranger Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:04:41 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-47000 <p>My wife wants a MINI but wants a softer ride. Maybe a regularly-sprung MC will fit the bill now!</p> My wife wants a MINI but wants a softer ride. Maybe a regularly-sprung MC will fit the bill now!

]]> By: Nathaniel Salzman http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-46993 Nathaniel Salzman Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:48:02 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-46993 <p>Oh wow, yeah that MINI2 post is awesome! After seeing the press photos and seeing more detail in posts like that one, I'm officially on the R56 bandwagon. Seeing the car more finished and getting a better sense of its close-up proportions has shown really how much charm the car has been able to retain. I even like the aero-style grill on the MCS now! I'm very doubtful but interested to see the finished interior, as I actually liked the foam masking better than the preview pics of the finished interior we've had here on MF. But we'll see.</p> <p>But I'm still glad to be getting my '06 - thrilled actually. It gets to the dealer in KC today. Keep an eye on him for me Todd!</p> Oh wow, yeah that MINI2 post is awesome! After seeing the press photos and seeing more detail in posts like that one, I’m officially on the R56 bandwagon. Seeing the car more finished and getting a better sense of its close-up proportions has shown really how much charm the car has been able to retain. I even like the aero-style grill on the MCS now! I’m very doubtful but interested to see the finished interior, as I actually liked the foam masking better than the preview pics of the finished interior we’ve had here on MF. But we’ll see.

But I’m still glad to be getting my ’06 – thrilled actually. It gets to the dealer in KC today. Keep an eye on him for me Todd!

]]> By: Jon http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-46987 Jon Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:12:55 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-46987 <p>That link was most helpful. Thanks for that. There were many great detail shots, especially of the interior, which I had not seen before.</p> <p>Gabe, my apologies for doubting you. Of course you knew about it, and of course you reported on it, almost a year and a half ago...</p> That link was most helpful. Thanks for that. There were many great detail shots, especially of the interior, which I had not seen before.

Gabe, my apologies for doubting you. Of course you knew about it, and of course you reported on it, almost a year and a half ago…

]]> By: gmini http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-46983 gmini Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:51:09 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-46983 <p>scroll down on <a href="http://www.mini2.com/article383-mini2-exclusive-report-on-the-2nd-generation-mini-cooper-s-design-general-overview.html">this page</a> for photos of the fob and button (in a cloaked dash), Jon.</p> scroll down on this page for photos of the fob and button (in a cloaked dash), Jon.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-46980 Gabe Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:08:54 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-46980 <blockquote> <p>Did anyone notice the article stated that the car will get a push-button starter? This is the first I’ve heard of this. Gabe, have you heard this before?</p> </blockquote> <p>Originally from <a href="http://motoringfile.com/2006/02/28/next-generation-mini-revealed-part-2/" rel="nofollow">March of 2005</a>:</p> <p>"In another sign of BMW influence, the next MINI will feature an ignition system similar to the new 1 and 3 series BMWs. These are essentially push-button systems that rely on a “key-fob” as opposed to a typical metal key."</p>

Did anyone notice the article stated that the car will get a push-button starter? This is the first I’ve heard of this. Gabe, have you heard this before?

Originally from March of 2005:

“In another sign of BMW influence, the next MINI will feature an ignition system similar to the new 1 and 3 series BMWs. These are essentially push-button systems that rely on a “key-fob” as opposed to a typical metal key.”

]]> By: Jon http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-46979 Jon Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:05:13 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-46979 <p>Did anyone notice the article stated that the car will get a push-button starter?</p> <p>This is the first I've heard of this. Gabe, have you heard this before?</p> Did anyone notice the article stated that the car will get a push-button starter?

This is the first I’ve heard of this. Gabe, have you heard this before?

]]> By: Vanwall http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-46950 Vanwall Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:33:34 +0000 http://motoringfile.com/2006/08/02/autoweek-tests-the-r56-prototype/#comment-46950 <p>The bandwagon is starting to look like those overloaded Mercedes-Benz trucks from the Sub-Continent - favorable reveiwers are beginning to pile up and hang out all over the sides. This is a nice omen, I hope, and the refinements left to do seem minor - the R56 is pretty much there, I reckon. I'm seeing a lower greenhouse-to-wasteline relationship than the current model that worries me some - I don't like chopping without channelling, too - but mebbe that's the pics. I'll bet it hits the showroom floors running, and I hope they plan on more allocations, to say nothing of more dealers.</p> <pre><code> BCNU, Rob in Dago </code></pre> The bandwagon is starting to look like those overloaded Mercedes-Benz trucks from the Sub-Continent – favorable reveiwers are beginning to pile up and hang out all over the sides. This is a nice omen, I hope, and the refinements left to do seem minor – the R56 is pretty much there, I reckon. I’m seeing a lower greenhouse-to-wasteline relationship than the current model that worries me some – I don’t like chopping without channelling, too – but mebbe that’s the pics. I’ll bet it hits the showroom floors running, and I hope they plan on more allocations, to say nothing of more dealers.

            BCNU,
          Rob in Dago
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