Economic Slowdown hits MINI Production!

[Sejanus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Carlos. (original)

you mean you pay more than £8, or your beer isn't that cheap?

Both.

[Jaydash]

Quote: Originally Posted by fiend (original)

the dealer near me still has my details... got an email from the guy today offering a whopping £1500 discount if i ordered an s before end of march...and thats a brand new, specced by myself.

Fiend, seriously, can you tell us who it was? The guy clearly needs business and we might be able to help him out.

[minicabrio]

Quote: Originally Posted by fiend (original)

the dealer near me still has my details from when i almost purchased an mcs last summer - got an email from the guy today offering a whopping £1500 discount if i ordered an s before end of march...and thats a brand new, specced by myself, rather than a pre-reg.

wow must they be desperate.

Most dealers will be able to match that, especially with the huge Chili pack discount currently available on new purchases

[Rocco9999]

wish i'd known that when I bought my JCW - I bit there arm off at £750 discount, free stripes and umbrella

[FishFan]

PM says Oxford Mini future safe

Although quite what a "pay check" is I have no idea....

[dalboyne]

.........and of course we all have total faith in what Gordon has to say......

Did anyone actually suggest that the future of Plant Oxford is in question?

[Paul]

I feel assured now. Same as I feel assured about the end of boom and bust, and Gordon saving the World too, of course.

[dalboyne]

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul (original)

I feel assured now. Same as I feel assured about the end of boom and bust, and Gordon saving the World too, of course.

Yes indeed! But I understand he was misunderstood - he meant "the end of boom and bust = no more boom...."

[Jaydash]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rocco9999 (original)

Re: £1500 discounts - I wish i'd known that when I bought my JCW - I bit their arm off at £750 discount, free stripes and an umbrella

As far as I can tell, you can't get that much 'discount' off a new JCW. Wasn't there £750 towards the finance if you took a PCP scheme, but that's not the same as a discount and also I don't think it's available on bespoke-ordered cars now. Of course, you can still get around £1500 off an already-built Cooper S with a Chili pack (£1000 from MINI, £500 from the dealer).

Now that I'm thinking about buying a JCW rather than a Cooper S, dealers are reluctantly talking to me about discounts of about £500/ 2%. Not bad, but not too good to pass-up on such an expensive car (in a recession).