Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon, Agreed. Been there. Rather amazed BMW let the son stay in business after John died a couple of years ago. BMW were so very intense in their pursuit of Mini trademark infringement cases a few years back, they almost put ALL the classic Mini restorers out of business. Old John Cooper must have had a good lawyer and one water-tight license agreement! <http://www.johncooper.co.uk/JohnCooperSite/pages/home/default.asp> William At 05:47 PM 10/19/2004 +0200, you wrote: >Well take a works S for a spin and you,ll find that it is no rover. >best >simon jessurun >amsterdam > >----- Original Message ----- From: "William G. Lamb, III" ><lambroving@worldnet.att.net> >To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 4:43 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Future R Plan > >>The Mini Cooper is a pirated Rover almost totally >>designed in the R&D Centre at Gaydon, Warwickshire >>with an engine from Diamler Chrysler Brazil! :-) The >>body panels are stamped by Land Rover in Solihull >>and it's built in the old Rover 75 line at Cowley in >>Oxfordshire. >>BMW have been taking it to the bank... :-( >>At 11:14 AM 10/19/2004 +0800, you wrote: >> >>>and the Mini Cooper is a BMW ecetera ecetera ecetara