I was there dreaming, as usual and I came across Jim Kenzie's Targa Newfoundland MINI. I asked the sales person if I could take some pictures and she said sure but she didn't have the key or I could have gotten some better interior shots. Anyway, here's how they came out, just using my Canon sure shot digital. Can't wait until I can walk into that dealership and order my Cooper S, dare to dream.

 

Here's some of the back and interior.

 

Interesting scoop

 

Thank you for the great post! History made, thanks to Jim.

 

Thank you whoever placed my two posts in the right place.

 

I like the wheels, anyone know what they are?

 

Look like mine, love em Kosei K1

 

Are those Enkei rpf-1 ??

 

Those pics are so cool...thanks for having the presence of mind to snap off a few. I'm not sure I would have because that is just so darn exciting. Truly a history-making MINI...no one can argue that!!!

 

I saw Jim Kenzie at the SAE World Congress kickoff event in Detroit. 103 MINIs went from the SAE world headquarters in Troy to Comerica Park in Detroit. They closed off *75 so we could all get on the freeway--what fun!! He spoke at the event lunch and had lots of funny stories about the race and how he was in a class against cars with 500 hp. Hope you can order your Cooper S soon. I love my Chili Red MINI!

 

^^^I was there too Laurel. What an entertaining guy Jim is! He led the parade down I-75 in the race car.

I could not believe they stopped traffic on 75 for like 15 minutes while over a hundred MINIs entered the freeway!

Here's a crummy pic of the mess we made:

 

That's very cool, MINI's stop traffic on a regular basis anyway but nice to see the police help out. ha.