RE: New Mini Metro Planned

[tdm34ds]

Na!!!! it's got to be Clove brown with an antique gold velour interior (just for everyones info in the 80's I sold
Austin Rover cars and I remember some of the lovely shades A-R used to think would sell!!)

Regards Gandalf.................

[chunkymonkey71]

Bonedaddy said:

Nice one PH, very funny.

Is it wrong that I now want to go out and buy a Metro
and make it exactly like that picture?

Yes. Its wrong.

[Dibby]

The trouble with April fool jokes are that every man and his dog is trying to get on the bandwaggon and the public are continually on the lookout for them.

It's quite a believable one after the recent string of overpriced retro-throwbacks aimed at 30-something year old London-ite blondes.

[Justayellowbadge]

timewatch said:

I had a Metro Company car forced upon me back in the seventies.

You were working for Austin, then? Testing prototypes years before the car was released for public sale?

[69elan+2]

PetrolTed said:

2003

Now that one would have had me hunting for the cheque book!

[homer3uk]

sprinter885 said:

Yeh right- almost believable until the last paragraph Nice try Oli.!

I was on board right up to the bit about the Montego. nice work guys

[Tahiti]

Don't give the German's ideas...

That picture is great!

[neh321]

BMW have a long tradition of April Fool stories of course?
Remember the Smellovision one (a smell generator which pumped out forest smells if you were driving through a forest etc etc!) which many local papers repeated long after the event as a serious story?!

[TonyHetherington]

crofty1984 said:

PhantomPH said:

You had me until the last paragraph.

Me too.

That's the idea! Perfect april fools means you think it's feasible, read more, but being a respected news site they can't just say "BMW gone bust" (or something equally as news worthy) and leave you thinking they really have. That would be irresponsible.

[VladD]

Definitely had me going, mainly because as soon as I saw the headline I stopped reading the text and had visions of a new 6R4 blatting its way through Wales.

Ah well, never mind.

[martaay]

probably one of the better april fools I have seen today, along with the telegraphs flying penguins story!

[CDP]

Interestingly two of the few names BMW kept were Metro and Maxi.

I can easily imagine a Golf sized Maxi as most of the "young" set who would buy it will have forgotten the original by now.

[Al 450]

Gutted it's April fools day, that would be great. I miss my Metro! 'sniff.

[stinkysteve]

Very good! It made me wonder.

I thought all the fools banter would be some gag about the new jag XF being rebranded a TATA FX....

[NiceCupOfTea]

martaay said:

probably one of the better april fools I have seen today, along with the telegraphs flying penguins story!

Apparently that story was pinched from the BBC.

[E36GUY]

69elan+2 said:

PetrolTed said:

2003

Now that one would have had me hunting for the cheque book!

Now you see a story like that is just cruel on the punters. A re-born escort would be awesome

[sprinter885]

mat205125 said:

sprinter885 said:

Yeh right- almost believable until the last paragraph Nice try Oli.!

You didn't twig as soon as you saw the picture then? (actually that picture looks a lot better than the camp mini)

Yep-but I was in good company- with about 50 other PH'ers by the looks of it :

[joz8968]

I think you may have some really bad luck today e.g. like your newly acquired Golf's engine going pop - surely you posted this AFTER midday?!

Edited by joz8968 on Tuesday 1st April 13:38

[timewatch]

Justayellowbadge said:

timewatch said:

I had a Metro Company car forced upon me back in the seventies.

You were working for Austin, then? Testing prototypes years before the car was released for public sale?

Sorry Justayellowbadge I ment Eighties !

Cheers

TW>>>

[I WISH]

The REAL joke is on those who are actually persuaded to part with more than twenty grand for a one series.

(stands back and waits for the tirade)