MotoringFile Top 10 Stories of 2007

YuccaPatrol Dec 31st, 2007 Link

Gabe,

Why did you call the factory JCW car a “2009″ above? Are you hinting that I am not going to be able to drive my new MINI this summer?

Gabe Dec 31st, 2007 Link

Why did you call the factory JCW car a “2009″ above? Are you hinting that I am not going to be able to drive my new MINI this summer?

Sorry – that wasn’t meant to be there. When I was writing the piece originally I had info that the car would be called a 2009. Since that time (literally minutes after it was posted) I heard from other sources that it may still be technically an ‘08. Regardless the release date hasn’t changed (yet). It’ll start production and sales in June of 2008.

Jon Dec 31st, 2007 Link

A fun year in review Gabe. Many of my favorite stories during the year are mentioned. Do believe that the Mini diesel debate would have earned a honorable mention lol.

Thanks to you and everybody that has put in the time and effort to bring these articles to us.

Gabe Dec 31st, 2007 Link

Do believe that the Mini diesel debate would have earned a honorable mention lol.

It did – it’s above in the second list.

msh441 Dec 31st, 2007 Link

Not even an honerable mention of the GP? A limited edition car signifying the last of the series? I would have assumed it would at least get a mention during the MINI Takes The States listing… but thats not there, either! I guess the R50/53 buyers guide will have to do. Too bad.

MeanMrMstrd Dec 31st, 2007 Link

Gabe, over the years, way back to BRIDGER.US, I have found groundbreaking info here, good and bad discourse and wonderful fellowship with people in the MINI community like GBMINI, MURMINI, BLUIGUANA, JCWGP and others. THANX!

Seems that more and more things have become less about the debate and more about other things. My hope for the coming year is that we can all agree to disagree in a creative and less distasteful way.

Happy New Year to all. RB

Gabe Dec 31st, 2007 Link

Not even an honerable mention of the GP? A limited edition car signifying the last of the series? I would have assumed it would at least get a mention during the MINI Takes The States listing… but thats not there, either! I guess the R50/53 buyers guide will have to do. Too bad.

The GP was released in 2006 and our review was posted in December of 2006. You can find it here: MF Review: JCW GP. There were no stories relating to the GP in 2007 much less major ones.

MINI Takes the States happened in 2006 as well. You can find our coverage of that event here: MotoringFile Section: MTTS. There were no stories relating to MTTS 2006 in 2007 much less major ones.

dickdavid Dec 31st, 2007 Link

Thanks Gabe and MF crew for keeping my daily, online MINI fix going.

Happy New Year!

msh441 Dec 31st, 2007 Link

2006!?!

OMG! Has this year gone by THAT FAST!!!

Sorry!

bluzeke Jan 1st, 2008 Link

. . . sniff – choke – ahem. ;-)

Happy New Year to you and yours Gabe. Keep it coming.

Gabe Jan 1st, 2008 Link

OMG! Has this year gone by THAT FAST!!!

No worries. We will be trying to get a GP to test along side the new factory JCW car next year.

lavardera Jan 1st, 2008 Link

Darn, too bad MF doesn’t know somebody that has a GP… cough..cough..todd…cough..

YuccaPatrol Jan 2nd, 2008 Link

I’ll offer up my factory JCW car for you as soon as they build it for me. . . . ;)

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