Automobile Mag May '04 Reader's Choice Allstars...

[Aqualung]

In the May 04 issue of Automobile Magazine, there's an insert called "Men of Metal", billed as an excerpt from the book by Rowland Samuel.

It's pretty hilarious, basically it's a story set in Oxford that involves UFO sightings and such. With no apparent MINI markings, MINIs are featured throughout, especially an object removed from a train track, identified as a MINI tailpipe, based on its classic beer can shape (the picture's funny).

Check it out.....apologies if this has already been spotted....

[Aqualung]

well, there's a blurb on the cabrio -- "Design commentary: Clumsy detailing, such as the awful top stack and the trunk hinges, is almost enough to convince you that this really is a British car. Isn't that going a little too far for spurious authenticity?"

Guess they weren't too keen on it...but I also chuckled at the A6 piece, "With the fine-driving but stylistically challenged BMW 5-series now carving up roads worldwide..."

on pg. 18

[Aqualung]

Yup, MC/MCS is the Best small car.

"What other car in this category can instantly cause complete strangers to smile and strike up a conversation with you?"

--Rick Stannard, Colchester, CT, USA