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It happened.
The financially strong lawyers at BMW have forced MCOL to drop “mini” from their web address. You can now find them at North American Motoring.

On this thread, posted by Mark Ferguson, he writes:
After many months of discussion I’m happy to report that a resolution has been reached with BMW … As part of this settlement we will be changing the name of the site to North American Motoring. I’m very happy with this name as I believe it captures the focus of the site … I’d like to thank everyone for their support throughout the last few months and your continued interest in being part of this community.

Personally I do not agree with this result. I agree that BMW/MINI own the logo, but I cannot accept that they own the “m-i-n-i” four letter sequence.

Most people visiting GBMINIs weblog already know this … for those that don’t, the MINI Cooper is Americas Most Loved New Compact Car (again!), according to this MSN autos article:
The popular MINI Cooper captured the top ranking in the compact car segment last year, replacing the New Beetle, which had topped the segment since its introduction in 1998. The MINI was a repeat winner for 2003.

Is it true that MINI will drop the color Indi Blue next year, as reported in this MINI2 Forum post – Adieu Indi Blue?!
Surprising – it seems to be a popular color.
I can understand dropping Velvet Red and Silk Green – I have seen very few of those around – but Indi Blue!?