just wondering whether anyone has seen or even taken delivery of a 2005 MINI yet? I know that they are supposed to be coming and that people are anxiously awaiting their cars (check july build thread) but i wanted to see if anyone's been lucky enough to get theirs early.. or even have a glimpse of one at the dealers... thanks.

 

I have seen a bunch, but that was while I was on the plant tour in Oxford.

 

do you know if those were for US delivery? anybody know when these babies will show up in our dealer's showrooms?

 

Well last year I got an 04 in October. don't think the 04s arrived before Oct.

 

No idea, since they all come off the assembly line in order of production number and not based on shipment location.

I can tell you a couple of things. First, the chrome package was really, really nice. Very high quality with just the right amount of chrome. Not too much, not too little. A couple of the cars I saw, had black leather interiors with red stiching on them. This looked phenomonal, but I haven't seen this as an option code anywhere.

 

You will see the new Cabrio visit your Mini showroom for one day during late July.
Orders of the new cars will be arriving in mid August