Motor Trend: Hummer vs MINI Cooper!

After reading MotoringFile this morning, I grabbed a copy of Motor Trend magazine – the comparison is entertaining and well written (driving the H2 in downtown Chicago is like showing up with your float four days late for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in Manhattan … imagine yourself zipping along Michigan Avenue [in the MINI] during rush hour, slipping between much bigger things, and tracking down the people responsible for the remake of “The Italian Job”)

I scanned the relevant pages for those that can’t get a copy of the magazine …

More Convertibles at MINI Peabody

I dropped by this afternoon to exchange a shirt, and saw more convertibles at MINI Peabody. There was a Chili Red and a Liquid Yellow, as well as the two new blues (Hyper Blue & Cool Blue) next to each other.


The Hot Orange (in the showroom) and British Racing Green (demo) were still there too, so MINI Peabody have had at least 8 convertibles so far – maybe 500 total for the USA so far? I guess we will see the sales figures at the end of the month …