June 1, 200619 yr Wonder where they found that rabbit.. I like that, but it seems more suitable for VW being that it's a rabbit. Edited June 1, 200619 yr by NOS2006
June 1, 200619 yr That is one of the coolest car ads of all TIME! Even better than the Volvo 240 ad from the early 1990s explaining why RWD kick ass & FWD is backwards & improper. So much for that, a few years later that got thrown out the window with the help of Ford.
June 1, 200619 yr Even RWD couldn't save any 1980s Volvo from being an ugly pile. Yeah, they also needed to lose the b-pillar.
June 1, 200619 yr The long legs that the rabbit uses to push off with and jump are "mounted" on the front of the rabbit & the smaller front legs vice-versa. Truth in advertising. FWD is backwards & lame. Edited June 1, 200619 yr by Sixty8panther
June 1, 200619 yr Let's talk truth in advertising... If I walk into many BMW dealerships, I can buy a front-wheel drive BMW product. It may be badged as a Mini and built in the UK, but it's still a BMW product.
June 1, 200619 yr Let's talk truth in advertising... If I walk into many BMW dealerships, I can buy a front-wheel drive BMW product. It may be badged as a Mini and built in the UK, but it's still a BMW product. Is it built in Germany? NO. Does is share any major components with any BMW? NO. Does it have a BMW logo stamped everywhere?* NO. Are they sold anywhere in the World with a BMW badge on the nose? NO. Then it just so happens BMW is their parent company. *Like every damn component on my Infiniti Q45 & 1984 Datsun is stamped NISSAN MOTORS. If the Mini is a BMW then Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Mazda & Volvo are all just Fords and nothing else. Also this means the BLS is a SAABILAC, Porsche & Lamborghini are just overglorified VWs and Ferraris are really Fiats.
June 1, 200619 yr That is a great ad. GM should hire the firm that made it to plug the upcoming Zetas.
June 1, 200619 yr Is it built in Germany? NO.Is the BMW X5 built in Germany? How about the Z4 or Z3? Then it just so happens BMW is their parent company. *Like every damn component on my Infiniti Q45 & 1984 Datsun is stamped NISSAN MOTORS. If the Mini is a BMW then Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Mazda & Volvo are all just Fords and nothing else. Also this means the BLS is a SAABILAC, Porsche & Lamborghini are just overglorified VWs and Ferraris are really Fiats. Except for the Mazda, Porsche and Ferrari comments, they're all true. I haven't studied the components of a Mini and I can't say that there are NO "BMW" symbols on that car, but "Mini" is part of BMW. Mazda is only partially (about 1/3) owned by Ford. Porsche is not part of the Volkswagen empire. Ferrari is owned by Fiat SpA, not Fiat Auto...it's similar to saying "Opels are really Chevrolets."It's not that "it just so happens BMW is their parent company," it's that BMW engineered, designed, and produced the Mini.
June 2, 200619 yr MINIs are a hodgepodge of a lot of stuff from Chrysler motors from Brazil to a ton of parts sourced from random places but they have little if anything in common with BMW in terms of mechanics. Perhaps someone here can give a better breakdown of content. No. Carolina BMW factory does not Build MINIs either so the X5 and Zs are not relevant IMO.
June 2, 200619 yr *Like every damn component on my Infiniti Q45 & 1984 Datsun is stamped NISSAN MOTORS. If the Mini is a BMW then Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Mazda & Volvo are all just Fords and nothing else. Also this means the BLS is a SAABILAC, Porsche & Lamborghini are just overglorified VWs and Ferraris are really Fiats. The Mini is made by BMW UK Manufacturing in a former MG Rover plant, with Chrysler 4-cylinder engines made by a Brazilian JV.Mazda, Ford and it's wholely-owned subsidiaries share engines and vehicle architectures and also manufacturing plants. If the Mini is a BMW then the BLS is a GM, just like every other Cadillac, made in Sweden or Michigan or Texas. The various plants are increasing structured as GM Manufacturing rather than Opel Polska etc.. VWs and Audis are more cheap Porsches rather than Porsches being expensive VWs. It's Porsche which has a big share of VW, although VW supplies bodies to Porsche. Audi is mostly VW, but is a public company in it's own right, with it's own engines (not all shared with VW) and largely it's own vehicle architectures (sometimes forgotten—an A8 made of aluminum is not the same a Phaeton made of steel). A Gallardo is an expensive Audi though, with a V10 based on an Audi V8 and a body made by Audi, and a Bentley or Bugatti is an expensive VW, with largely VW engines and bodies. Fiats and Lancias have borrowed from Ferrari rather than the other way round, although the 430 uses a Maserati-based V8.
June 2, 200619 yr If the Mini is a BMW then ...Land Rover... The funny thing is, up until recently you could argue Land Rover is more BMW than Mini...for example, up until recently, the Range Rover had the same engine as my car does (M62tu 4.4l V8).But anyway... I think this might be the original....it's larger so I'll link it if anyone wants it... http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7995/1hare5lw.jpg
June 2, 200619 yr No. Carolina BMW factory does not Build MINIs either so the X5 and Zs are not relevant IMO. It was YOUR argument that Minis are not built in Germany which removes them from being BMW products. There are BMW products that aren't built in Germany, which was my point.
June 3, 200619 yr Hudson... I guess the point is that a car with FWD has never worn the blue&white propeller, so the ad is truthfull advertising. Minis are one of the 3% of cars in existance to actually take full advantage of the transverse mounted motor and FWD. If ony ONE car was to stay FWD and all others were to go RWD/Rear-biased-AWD then I think it should be the Mini. The original Mini and the new one are near-miracles in compact packaging. They do not pretend to be something they're not and as such do not bother me. A MINI should be FWD, but a Grand Prix, Impala, Park Ave, Deville, Eighty Eight LSS & Ford 500 among a million other cars should NOT. :twocents: Edited June 3, 200619 yr by Sixty8panther
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