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Bet you thought we forgot about you, didn’t you? Your humble photo contest editor was caught slacking this month; his only excuse is that the weather was really nice and he was out motoring!

This is the third installment of the MotoringFile Photo Contest, for April 2007. April was a pretty quiet month as far as the [MotoringFile Flickr group](http://flickr.com/groups/motoringfile) went, with a shade under 60 photos posted. As always, however, there were still enough excellent pics posted that choosing a handful to feature on the site wasn’t easy.

Onward to this month’s winners!

First Place
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Ah, Monaco. An itty bitty Mediterranean nation with some serious F1 cred. Our Italian friend Luca Boscariol brings us this evocative shot of a MINI One D Park Lane. Luca, [drop us a line](http://motoringfile.com/contact/) and we’ll get your [MotoringBadges grille badge](http://motoringbadges.com/) on its way to you!

Runners Up
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Miami MINI Graffiti.
[Miami MINI Graffiti. by James Good](http://flickr.com/photos/jamesgood/)

At first glance, this month’s first runner up from James Good looks like some nifty work with Photoshop; if we’re wrong, please don’t ruin it for us, ok?

motorby_1
[_motorby_1_ by Ernesto Vumbles](http://www.flickr.com/photos/48862855@N00/)

Ernesto Vumbles (or “Steve” as his friends like to call him) gives us a little taste of [MINI USA’s Motorby program](http://motoringfile.com/2007/01/31/mini-usa-officially-releases-motorby-billboard-details/) for our second runner up. You really need to click through for a larger version of this shot to take in all the detail.

Nano
[_Nano_ by Matt Cook](http://flickr.com/photos/8045612@N08/)

Matt Cook and his ineffably-lit MCSc round out our runners up for the month.

Honorable Mentions
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Salida/Exit
[_Salida/Exit_ by Miquel](http://www.flickr.com/photos/benderunit22/)

myself in my mini (black and white)
[_myself in my mini (black and white)_ by Brian Cooper](http://www.flickr.com/photos/c00p/)

orton02
[_orton02_ by poca-traça](http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocatrassa/)

Thanks to our winner, runners up, and honorable mentions. We love all the great photos we get to see every month from around the world!