[mister.t]

Quote: Originally Posted by supa-dupa-cooper (original)

The UJ side repeaters are £58.90

Thanks very much!! Will be looking into this with interest Specialist Cars don't have any yet, Id have to order in, and they weren't sure when they could get them.

[Tigger, Eeyore & Roo]

Just a thought here; I went to Falmouth for Ocean's launch on Sunday and they had a Cooper S Clubman with leather, Chilli, metallic, sat nav, web spokes, sun roof and a couple of other very minor additions and it came in at over £24,000. Just by way of comparison that's £500 more than the street price for a (much more spacious) Golf 3.2 V6 R32 Alternatively, it's less than £3,000 short of an entry level Mercedez-Benz E-Class estate!! And don't think the MINI is going to hold its value any better when such a large proportion of its list price is made up of extras.

A basic Clubman D with the bare minimum of pepper pack? That'll be £16,510; £600 more than the similarly powered (and twice the size) 407 estate and £3,500 more than the equivalent 207 estate. Even a 140 bhp diesel Passat estate can be yours for £16,899

Yes, I know they are not MINI's and the MINI is a "premium product" (although any of the Merc E-Class, the Golf R32 or Passat are hardly cheap & nasty!) and I wouldn't actually want any of those alternatives, but it does make for a startling reality check!

Tigger.

(All prices for MB / Pug / VW are based on TopGear Target Prices, December 2007)

[Shaun]

Just another thought I just ordered a Cooper Clubman for circa 16k It will come with a whole host of goodies via the pepper pack and heated seats.
Compared to my two S flavoured Minis with there extremely spartan interior and both costing in the region of 15 - 16k the Cooper Clubman represents extrememly good value for money.
I know I am in a miniority but I dont buy into this must have attitude perpetrated by car magazines must have Chilli must ahave aircon etc it didnt do any harm for my trade in.
I priced up a few alternatives and they also quickly stack up too, Seat Leon, Ford Focus even a old shape Mondeo none of these happen to have the name Mini on them and at the end of the day I am a Mini Owner and Enthusiast always have been.

You mentioned Mercedes we have both the old C class and old Mondeo on the fleet I have driven both and was asked what would I choose well specced Mondeo ST or Ghia (Both bought for less than 16k) or the Merc wich cost much more. My choice would be the Mondeo.

[Tigger, Eeyore & Roo]

Interesting to compare launches!

Our local dealer on Sunday?: Three tubs of penny chews, two bowls of crisps, half a dozen doughnuts and some small cans and bottles of fizzy drinks Not quite what I'd imagined!

[MINIkt]

Quote: Originally Posted by dlpruk (original)

Soper MINI Lincoln treated customers to a lavish spectacular preview on Thursday night with lots of booze, food, girls and entertainment - and quite a few Clubmen!

We enjoyed their hospitality, had a great time and I must say that Hot Chocolate looks better in the metal than I expected. (But I'll reserve judgement until I see one in daylight and don't expect I'll change my order from BRG!)

There are a few happy snaps here: Flickr: Photos from dlpruk

We attended the Soper MINI Lincoln launch too (and have even spotted us in one of your pics! ) .. the pepper white and black stole the show for me (despite the man on stilts breathing fire in my direction!! )

[Zack]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ollie. (original)

I saw the Clubman for the first time today. Id seen it on the net, and I loved it, and in the flesh, its amazing!!! Hot Chocolate is a STUNNING colour!! The HC interior is also a thing of beauty, but at that price, so it should be Unfortunatly, mum doesn't fancy one, so Ive got to wait until I can get one I asked about the side repeater plastic things, (Possible Xmas pressie for mum, not decided yet...) and the guys there gave me a load of stuff to look through, and they gave me an accessories configurator disc - Its great fun!! Thats all well and good, but no-one knew how much they were Can anyone shed any light on this?

Hey Ollie, i work in a MINI dealer, and i adore the hot chocolate colour, and theres been alot of interest in it, and if the accesorie configuator thing has a hatch or clubman on the front there free

[phil_wkl]

With baby on the way, thought this would be ideal. Interesting to see the Hot Chocolate in the flesh. As for the car, not as spacious as I'd hoped, when I first opened the back, I was like 'is that all?'. The false floor did allow a bit more space but still.
I liked the Clubdoor though, but why didn't they do it on both sides? the front belt holder in the clubdoor was odd...thought it was caught by accident at first
Having said that I was tempted to order... There's lots to like. Pricey though, I specced to £23k and there are alternatives for a head over heart decision.

[Bonj]

Went to the Cotswold Hereford Launch last friday. Cars were there - loved them..... as for the 'event' was about as exciting as a church fete. 'Catering consisted of 'hot chocolate' (see what they did there) and mini muffins.
Had a chat with the lovely Lucia who is the only reason I keep going back to Cotswold then that was it. Went to leave and was handed a goodie bag. Hoorah! I thought as I delved into it. Alas, all it contained was a Club bar (again, loving the wit), a fridge magnet (don't get excited, it just had the dealer's number and address on it), a scraper and a couple of accessory configurator cds (one for hatch, one for clubber). Not very mini at all I thought

[Derek Woodman MINI]

Sorry it's taken a few days to get our Clubman launch pictures on here!!

Hope all who came down on our preview night and over the launch weekend enjoyed the unveiling...

If you've got any questions, would like to know more or just want to say a little hello then give us a shout!

Thanks from the Derek Woodman MINI Team!

[South Shore Lad]

Quote: Originally Posted by Derek Woodman MINI (original)

Sorry it's taken a few days to get our Clubman launch pictures on here!!

What happened to the piccies of our Phil? You heard us telling him to smile!

[Derek Woodman MINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by South Shore Lad (original)

What happened to the piccies of our Phil? You heard us telling him to smile!

Apologies, not all of the photos turned out due to the smoke machine in our showroom clouding the camera lens! Sorry!

[humph]

Quote: Originally Posted by South Shore Lad (original)

What happened to the piccies of our Phil? You heard us telling him to smile!

More importantly what happened to my invite

[South Shore Lad]

Quote: Originally Posted by Derek Woodman MINI (original)

Apologies, not all of the photos turned out due to the smoke machine in our showroom clouding the camera lens! Sorry!

S'fine - no problem

With regard to pricing though. Yeah, all MINIs, and the Clubman in particular, are pretty expensive when compared to other cars. I reckon what would make them better value for money would be for the current 'entry level' on the road price for all MINIs to include the Chilli Pack in the basic spec and then tick the options boxes on top of that if you wish.

Great as the cars are, I think it's a bit daft to spec one up into the low/mid 20 thousands, especially as there are bigger, and equally prestigious, cars in this price range.

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