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Old 04-16-2011, 02:39 PM
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Huh, my hood release is on the wrong side...
 
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Old 04-16-2011, 02:55 PM
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but didn't they build a plant in England just to build this engine to supply MINI?

Hence: if born on the soil of . . . .
 
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Old 04-16-2011, 06:25 PM
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[quote=DneprDave;3262825]Definitely British.

If MINI's are German, then Chryslers are Italian!

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I haven't once thought of it as British. Maybe because I'm so intimately familiar with BMW the connection is so obvious.

It's German with a British heritage, as said.
 
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It falls apart and rattles like a proper brit, so I'm assuming British!
 
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All the optional design patterns and trim accessories are simply British.
 
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