John Francis wrote: > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 02:20:49PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: >> The Mini is a BMW . . . > > Wrong. As I said, it's backed by foreign money, but > the Mini is a British design, British built.
It's built by BMW and designed by BMW. Just by them in England. MINI is just a BMW nameplate and BMW builds and designs in many places (including the US). > > [Although I will admit that the number plate surround > on our MINI does read "My other car is a real BMW"] > >> . . . the Aston Martin DB9 is a Jag . . . > > Still British. American money this time, though. > >> . . . the Jag X-series is a rebadged Mondeo. > > I never mentioned Jags. But the XJ-F is nice. Actually, yeah they were mentioned. Right before the Aston Martins. I was working from the list in the post I responded to. > >> Bentley/Rolls are a class unto themselves. > > Though still done with foreign money (and engines). > > -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
