Aurora MG wrote:
It had been replaced - The New Mini but we know what happened to that.
Mini was not a replacement for the 100. Not ever. Wrong class of car, wrong target market and never meant to be. And BMW paid for the project so they turned it into a massive success.
The mid car was ready too in 2000 but that was kept/stolen by B** & became what we know as the 1 Series so from this point of view this was bad luck indeed but couldn't be helped by the remaining management.
Not sure where you heard that, but even if there was a car ready in 2000, then again BMW did not steal it, they had paid for it. But I'm rather doubtful there was a model ready anytime in 2000 when it hadn't been started in mid 1999. And to say it became the 1 series? So BMW took a front wheel drive design, and decided that rather than do their own design they would convert someone elses design to rear wheel drive?
The next mid sized car was also lost when WSR went bust along with 3 or 4 prototypes in 2002.
You may be right, but I thought it was TWR that went under and caused that?
Then of course that German manufacturer kept Landrover too.
Eh? Sold it to Ford, who sold it to Tata. Or did you mean something else?
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