Colin J wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: >> 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). > > > Adam, > > I am sorry, but John Francis is right. > > The new Mini was already 99% designed by Rover when BMW bought the Rover > company from BAE Systems (British Aerospace). > > Prototypes were already running and spy shots clearly showing the car (just > as you can buy it now) were in car magazines some months before BMW took over > Rover. And the final details were completed by ex-Rover British engineers > now employed by BMW. > > So the Mini is a British design, British built. Just as John Francis wrote. > > It is also BMW's most reliable model. > > Colin > > (I would like to thank my good friend who is ex-Rover engineer, now works for > BMW. He wrote most of above posting for me. His English is much better than > mine is.) >
And I'll note I said it was a BMW, not a German designed/built car. There is a difference. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
