no, in fact, the 'new' mini is british; still manufactured in the uk. who cares if bmw owns it? yust as lamborghini is still an italian car, even if owned by audi.
w/the changes that have been taking place in the automotive industry, it isn't as simple as saying the owner the company/marque determines whether a car is american, italian, english, etc... ymmv, doug s. >________________________________ > From: The Baylys <[email protected]> >To: 'doug sedon' <[email protected]>; 'undisclosed recipients:'@yahoo.com >Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:10 AM >Subject: RE: [alfa] no italian car content > >But the 'new' Mini isn't British............... > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of doug >sedon >Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2012 7:39 AM >To: undisclosed recipients: >Subject: [alfa] no italian car content > >All stand please for conductor Gareth Newman and the London 2012 >Limited Edition MINI's unique tribute to Team GB. > >http://www.youtube.com/embed/ik9AtJQXaHQ?rel=0 >doug s. >-- >to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]

