Mini to release a not-so-mini saloon car!

[T9 man]

What the Dickens is going on here? BMW, just drop the name 'Mini' from the car please, enough is enough

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/...so-mini-saloon-car/ar-BBrH3xx?ocid=spartanntp

 

[Yugguy]

Looks nice to be fair, but calling it a Mini, or a Riley, is meaningless. It is as far removed as it's possible to be from what Sir Alec Issigonis first designed.

 

[T9 man]

It does indeed look nice Guy, but to link the name 'Mini' to it, well that's just wrong in my opinion

 

[old-git]

No, can't see a Mini on the link, are you sure it is correct?

BMW Minis are known as Binis, apparently.

 

[T9 man]

BMW Minis are known as Binis, apparently.

Where do these people come up with these names?

 

[old-git]

No officially, just by people who think Minis should be British

 

[HDi fun]

Why not just buy a 3 Series?

 

[T9 man]

Why not just buy a 3 Series?

A good point

 

[Yugguy]

Cos Minis are cool innit?

These are the days of hideous eyesores like the Citroen Cactus and Fiat 500L, that inexplicably seem to be selling quite well.

 

[HDi fun]

Yes, I do wonder about the 'styling' of some Citroen models now.

 

[obi_waynne]

Mini was a car name I'm not sure it works as well being a brand name!

 

[HDi fun]

Good point, it's a bit like buying a Hoover branded washing machine turned the other way around.

 

[Yugguy]

What annoys me is the way MG are mocked for using the name on cars that are nothing like one, but it's ok when bmw use the Mini name on massive mingers like the Countryman because stupid suburbanites think they are cool

 

[T9 man]

Well that's telling them

 

[HDi fun]

Plenty of people slagged of BMW for what it did to Mini. Possibly slightly unfair as it preserved thousands of jobs in Cowley.