Comments on: MINI Speedster Imagined http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/ MINI Cooper news, reviews and opinion. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:20:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nuevos rumores sobre un Mini Coupe http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-264248 Nuevos rumores sobre un Mini Coupe Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:53:43 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-264248 <p>[...] | Motoringfile Vía | [...]</p> [...] | Motoringfile Vía | [...]

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]]> By: Is there any news on the next generation MINI? - totalMINI Forums http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-262283 Is there any news on the next generation MINI? - totalMINI Forums Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:41:43 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-262283 <p>[...] mayfair/camden. Motoring file have also decalred the speedster is to be unveiled at Frankfurt...MotoringFile Archive MINI Speedster Imagined Once MINI have completed their line up of Crossman, Hatch, Speedster, Clubman and Cabrio and there [...]</p> [...] mayfair/camden. Motoring file have also decalred the speedster is to be unveiled at Frankfurt…MotoringFile Archive MINI Speedster Imagined Once MINI have completed their line up of Crossman, Hatch, Speedster, Clubman and Cabrio and there [...]

]]> By: Sideways Eh! http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261865 Sideways Eh! Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:50:47 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261865 <p>Regardless of what it will look like...it will still look better than a Miata...and if the car is based off the R56 chasis...then its gonna perform better than one as well...Don't be surprised to see a VW 2seater in the fall as well...this is why MINI has ramped this concept to the fore-front...the competition is coming and it will come from sides you never imagined.</p> Regardless of what it will look like…it will still look better than a Miata…and if the car is based off the R56 chasis…then its gonna perform better than one as well…Don’t be surprised to see a VW 2seater in the fall as well…this is why MINI has ramped this concept to the fore-front…the competition is coming and it will come from sides you never imagined.

]]> By: lavardera http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261801 lavardera Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:16:09 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261801 <p>The term is to "divert" attention, unless you are in fact interested in deviant attention.</p> The term is to “divert” attention, unless you are in fact interested in deviant attention.

]]> By: lilcoopr http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261800 lilcoopr Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:46:01 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261800 <blockquote>This car is nothing but a distraction to deviate attention from his upcoming ugly duckling brother…The R60!</blockquote> <p>LOL!!!!!! :D</p> This car is nothing but a distraction to deviate attention from his upcoming ugly duckling brother…The R60!

LOL!!!!!! :D

]]> By: Kdubber http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261731 Kdubber Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:07:30 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261731 <p>The humps are too high.</p> The humps are too high.

]]> By: KipperFillets http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261728 KipperFillets Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:20:14 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261728 <p>I can't see what the fuss is all about when people complain it's going to be a 2 seater. If Sir Alex would be spinning in his grave, what would he have said about the GP?</p> <p>Personally I just hope it's got the punch to match the looks. The standard Cooper doesn't really deserve the badge it's got (the 'S' should really have been the Cooper version, and the 'Works' the Cooper S).</p> <p>This car will be reviewed on it's looks, handling and performance (otherwise you may as well just have a MINI).</p> I can’t see what the fuss is all about when people complain it’s going to be a 2 seater. If Sir Alex would be spinning in his grave, what would he have said about the GP?

Personally I just hope it’s got the punch to match the looks. The standard Cooper doesn’t really deserve the badge it’s got (the ‘S’ should really have been the Cooper version, and the ‘Works’ the Cooper S).

This car will be reviewed on it’s looks, handling and performance (otherwise you may as well just have a MINI).

]]> By: C4 http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261685 C4 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:36:10 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261685 <p>This car is nothing but a distraction to deviate attention from his upcoming ugly duckling brother...The R60!</p> This car is nothing but a distraction to deviate attention from his upcoming ugly duckling brother…The R60!

]]> By: eager2own http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261639 eager2own Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:28:02 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261639 <p>This is what a 2-seater MINI would look like with the rear of an Elise and a front more aggressive than pedestrian impact laws would allow -- and the steep rake on the windshield is also a bit unrealistic. Not sure this rendering adds much clarification to what it'll end up looking like.</p> This is what a 2-seater MINI would look like with the rear of an Elise and a front more aggressive than pedestrian impact laws would allow — and the steep rake on the windshield is also a bit unrealistic. Not sure this rendering adds much clarification to what it’ll end up looking like.

]]> By: greg http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261621 greg Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:14:21 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261621 <p>It's King Buzzo from the Melvins!</p> It’s King Buzzo from the Melvins!

]]> By: Jason Bingham http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261615 Jason Bingham Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:35:23 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261615 <p>Looks like Lenny Kravitz to me. "Are You Gonna Go My Way?"</p> Looks like Lenny Kravitz to me. “Are You Gonna Go My Way?”

]]> By: lavardera http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261608 lavardera Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:35:20 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261608 <p>I think the rear spoiler and light were cut and pasted from a lotus</p> I think the rear spoiler and light were cut and pasted from a lotus

]]> By: lilcoopr http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261607 lilcoopr Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:27:59 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261607 <p>Yum! That's so sexy! Please make it happen, MINI!!!!</p> Yum! That’s so sexy! Please make it happen, MINI!!!!

]]> By: Beavers http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261601 Beavers Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:17:48 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261601 <p>Say what you will about FWD, blind spots and Issigonis spinning in his grave - if it looks like this, I want.</p> <p>With that said, the FIRST thing I thought when I looked at the pic was "WTF is up with that dude's hair?!?"</p> <p>Kim Jong Il indeed - maybe Gabe Kaplan from Welcome Back Kotter....</p> Say what you will about FWD, blind spots and Issigonis spinning in his grave – if it looks like this, I want.

With that said, the FIRST thing I thought when I looked at the pic was “WTF is up with that dude’s hair?!?”

Kim Jong Il indeed – maybe Gabe Kaplan from Welcome Back Kotter….

]]> By: that.guy http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261597 that.guy Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:51:29 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261597 <p>What is up with the driver's hair?</p> What is up with the driver’s hair?

]]> By: rhawth99 http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261596 rhawth99 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:21:32 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261596 <p>Sign me up for the coupe - I think this is a great idea to expand the product line.</p> Sign me up for the coupe – I think this is a great idea to expand the product line.

]]> By: Fred http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261594 Fred Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:50:09 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261594 <p>If they maintain good head and butt door-access, as in the R56 coupe, put a hard top on it, and keep the price down, I'm in the market!</p> <p>With a long torso and back problems, I have rejected a lot of cars, including much bigger ones, because it was difficult to enter and exit them. My 2007 R56 coupe, and now my 2009 R55 are the most comfortable cars I have owned -- best designed, best built, best handling, best in fuel economy -- amazing little cars!</p> <p>Glad to see this one about to enter the stable, eager to see what the final version of the vehicle looks like -- and whether it is priced so I can afford one!</p> If they maintain good head and butt door-access, as in the R56 coupe, put a hard top on it, and keep the price down, I’m in the market!

With a long torso and back problems, I have rejected a lot of cars, including much bigger ones, because it was difficult to enter and exit them. My 2007 R56 coupe, and now my 2009 R55 are the most comfortable cars I have owned — best designed, best built, best handling, best in fuel economy — amazing little cars!

Glad to see this one about to enter the stable, eager to see what the final version of the vehicle looks like — and whether it is priced so I can afford one!

]]> By: Eliot R. http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261593 Eliot R. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:44:48 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261593 <p>I just don't quite see the point in a FWD Roadster. I remember Dodge getting torched in the press months ago when they revealed that if the Demon Roadster were to be built, it would use a FWD chassis. So now, when MINI tries to pass off a FWD Roadster are people going all soft in the knees for it?</p> <p>Indeed, it may very well be a good car. But I doubt that it will drive noticeably different than an R56/57. Which means you will likely be paying more for a car that looks pretty cool but achieves nothing more than what you already have. JMO.</p> I just don’t quite see the point in a FWD Roadster. I remember Dodge getting torched in the press months ago when they revealed that if the Demon Roadster were to be built, it would use a FWD chassis. So now, when MINI tries to pass off a FWD Roadster are people going all soft in the knees for it?

Indeed, it may very well be a good car. But I doubt that it will drive noticeably different than an R56/57. Which means you will likely be paying more for a car that looks pretty cool but achieves nothing more than what you already have. JMO.

]]> By: Onurleft http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/06/10/mini-speedster-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-261591 Onurleft Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:08:51 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=9505#comment-261591 <p>Seats 4 is the reason I bought a MINI. Looked at many two seaters prior to the MINI, but seem I'm always giving 2 people a ride somewhere.</p> Seats 4 is the reason I bought a MINI. Looked at many two seaters prior to the MINI, but seem I’m always giving 2 people a ride somewhere.

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