I don't know if anyone is interested but there are 4 Countryman being auctioned off on ebay. They are Kiss cars and designed after each member of the band.

 

MINI has them pretty well advertised. They are not pulling in a premium though. You can check them out here: KISS MINIs

 

There was one parked out front of Passport in Alexandria, VA over the weekend (With distributer plates from GA.) If you don't know what they are, they just look kind of goofy.

 

I attended the Rocks the Rivals event in order to test the comparables, and they had one there.

I quipped to the MA accompanying me that I would pay a high premium to ensure that mine did not come with the graphics package.

I like the idea in principle, and the fact that it's a charity effort, but it still seems a little bit Gene Simmons-serving, and the execution IMO lacking...

To be authentic KISS collectibles, these should really have a Marshall half-stack installed in the boot!

Cheers,
Tad

 

I don’t think this went over as big as they thought it would, guess there are not a lot of Kiss fans that want a Mini Countryman. The cars sold for as little as 31,100.01 for the spaceman and the highest bid of 33,900 for the catman. The others sold at $31,433 for the starchild and $33,200 for the demon. I could not find a list of optional equipment, but from looking at the pictures I could tell they at least had the automatic transmission, Sport package, auto AC and black lounge leather. Adding just those options to a base All-4 would arrive at an MSRP of 32,900. I’m thinking there may have been other option plus the cost of the custom paint work bringing the retail cost much higher. It’s nice that 100% of the final price went to UNICEF, but I don’t think it was as much as they had planned. I guess this proves that not everything Gene Simmons touches turns to gold.