Adam Maas wrote: > Cotty wrote: >> On 9/2/07, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> 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). >> That's a computer talking. The people building the mini are mostly >> recruited and live locally. They are the same people who were building >> rover cars, and they are Brits. They wear overalls with BMW logos and >> they get paychecks with money from German banks. The cars are made by >> Brits. I've seen it. > > And if you buy a BMW X-Series, it was made in Georgia, USA. So? Still a > BMW factory and BMW design team. > > -Adam >
Correction: Based on Colin J's post, the Mini was a Rover design, although any updates are of course BMW's. I think people missed my point. Which wasn't that the British can't make cars (They can, ever since they stopped using Lucas Electrics) but that the badge on the car and the actual origin aren't necessarily related. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
