From johncooper.co.uk:
>John Cooper Garages will be closed throughout October 2006 due to reorganisation. Unfortunately we cannot be contacted (phone or e-mail) during this time and it will not be possible to place internet or mail orders.
>Normal service will resume on 1st November 2006 and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Related:
[ Channel 4 reports on JCG Closure ] Motoringfile
[John Cooper Garage Closes Shop ] Motoringfile
Very odd way of organising a restructure of a company – usually, no matter what happens, email is always available, as is a website.
Perhaps they’ve all just gone for a long lie down on a beach somewhere….
I actually noticed this a week or two ago. Must be some holiday they are on! 🙂
Hopefully it will all make sense in the end.
My guess is they will be folded into the BMW group, and that some “redundancies” were made known.
St.Topez this time of the year is great;)
If anyone still wants to browse the JCW site, it is mirrored up on MINI.com. Here’s the link:
<a href="http://www.mini.com/com/en/john_cooper_works/index.jsp?refType=teaserStandard&refPage=/com/en/general/homepage/content.jsp" rel="nofollow">JCW Site on mini.com</a>