John Francis wrote:
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 08:38:48PM +0000, Drew wrote:
John Francis wrote:
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 07:29:45PM +0000, Drew wrote:
David Savage wrote:
G'day All,
Last one from my Fremantle night time excursion:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4394082044/>
Direct link (~170kb)
<http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4394082044_f8db7b0e6d_o.jpg>
D700, AF-D 50mm f1.4, 1/6 @ f5, ISO 1600.
Enjoy.
Cheers,
Dave
Great shot... love it! I was a bit worried that it might have been
a BMW 0.5 series.
Which is a far better car ...
On a technical level yes, I could never deny that engineering has not
improved in the intervening 40+ years... but it's just another
hot-hatch, not dissimilar to the offerings from Toyota, Citroen, Fiat
etc etc... this one happens to be styled to take advantage of peoples
love for the Mini, just like the Fiat 500 and new Beetle do for their
respective followers.
The Clubman is probably the poorest choice of a new mini if you just
want to rag on it - it's actually a pretty neat little box, and has
several good design points (not the least of which being the choice
of side-hingeing rear doors; it's *not* "just another hot hatch" :-).
I wouldn't rag on the car, I'm sure it is a fine automobile... Just
though I'd mention one point though, the original Mini Estate and
Traveler (Clubman was originally a designation of the front end
styling, not the shape at the back) had those doors back in the 60's
http://www.motorbase.com/uploads/2006/08/31/fs_austin_mini_estate_1966_rear.jpg
Drew.
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