Just confirmed it with a garage contact. Hard to believe this can just end after years and years of heritage. Its not just a dealership closing, its the end of the line quite probably for the true brand.
The move of the 'kit' to the production line seems to have been the final nail in the coffin.
The question we should have been asking all along is "Does the move of the 'Works' conversion to a standard production line actually invalidate the whole idea of it being a 'Works' kit...???"
In retrospect, I think the answer to that is yes.
Sad news to both the New and Classic Mini scene.....
I suggest a 'protest' run down to Worthing..... blockade action. Burn some sheep, close the ports.....
