Reply to: Vauxhall Brexit after 2020?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Mini was at MkIII in 75

Mini - Wikipedia


MkIV in 76 to 2000.

Mini - Wikipedia


Forget the Moggy you want a Wolsey 6

Wolseley Motors - Wikipedia

My dad had a Wolsely 6-80.

Wolseley 4/50 - Wikipedia

My real point was that in 1959 the Mini was streets ahead of the competition, and even when the HA Viva came out it was still rather more impressive.

Which would you rather have driven.

Not the HA, I'll be bound.

It's a pity that the competence at BMC was so low that they never made a profit on the Mini.

[vetran]

I fear you're out by 15 years in terms of the Chevette, another great rust bucket, which came along in 1975.

The competition at the time was the HA Viva, which rusted even faster than the Chevette, and the Ford Anglia.

And how could we possibly forget the Morris 1000?

Mini was at MkIII in 75

Mini - Wikipedia


MkIV in 76 to 2000.

Mini - Wikipedia


Forget the Moggy you want a Wolsey 6

Wolseley Motors - Wikipedia

[Zigenare]

I fear you're out by 15 years in terms of the Chevette, another great rust bucket, which came along in 1975.

The competition at the time was the HA Viva, which rusted even faster than the Chevette, and the Ford Anglia.

And how could we possibly forget the Morris 1000?

Just watch out for the undercarriage collapsing.

[DoctorStrangelove]

compared to the landscape it was in then it was a great design. It competed with the shovette & Zodiac.

The test of time: Classic Mini vs modern MINI | Auto Express

I fear you're out by 15 years in terms of the Chevette, another great rust bucket, which came along in 1975.

The competition at the time was the HA Viva, which rusted even faster than the Chevette, and the Ford Anglia.

And how could we possibly forget the Morris 1000?

[WTFH]

Brexit is great for flushing out the Enemies of the Folk.

They’re owned by the GESMs now, so it’s not a British firm that has failed, but a French one that is failing, and we rejoice in the failure of others.

[AtW]

Brexit is great for flushing out the Enemies of the Volk.

FTFY

[Old Greg]

And Vauxhall confirmed today it will leave in case of no good deal Brexit

Brexit is great for flushing out the Enemies of the Folk.

[Eirikur]

And Vauxhall confirmed today it will leave in case of no good deal Brexit

[vetran]

Absolutely the old Mini was a pile of Engineering sh*te.

compared to the landscape it was in then it was a great design. It competed with the shovette & Zodiac.

The test of time: Classic Mini vs modern MINI | Auto Express

[PurpleGorilla]

Absolutely the old Mini was a pile of Engineering sh*te.

Wash your mouth out!

[BlasterBates]

Absolutely the old Mini was a pile of Engineering sh*te.

[sasguru]

The second car, a classic [tuned] Mini Cooper S was right up its exhaust pipes.

Proudly on display across classic rear window was "100% BMW free".

And the next day it rusted to bits.
My 2nd car ever was a classic Mini Cooper. What a piece of rust bucket tulipe it was.
And if you had an accident in one you'd be a mere smear on the road.
For all that, fun to drive though.

[darmstadt]

Proudly on display across classic rear window was "100% BMW free".

Lucky that BMW came along then otherwise the car in front would be invisible

[PurpleGorilla]

Handelsblatt: BMW may build electric Mini in Germany over Brexit - Business Insider

One of my biggest smiles on the road came when two mini's came flying past me doing at least 80 on the road near Salisbury.

The first, a modern Mini Cooper S

The second car, a classic [tuned] Mini Cooper S was right up its exhaust pipes.

Proudly on display across classic rear window was "100% BMW free".

[Eirikur]

And MINI Brexit

Handelsblatt: BMW may build electric Mini in Germany over Brexit - Business Insider