Yup, The Mini Cooper, to my pleasure, i can say is one of the most fun to drive car availeble out there. Why is it so much fun? It’s becouse of it’s shere size, that makes it really enjoyeble on the open road, when your out with your friends, and also it’s great handling. But shere fun can’t make a car succed, like the Mini Cooper has, it’s main advantages are it’s low price, not too high to be in competition with better classed models, but not too low priced to make it seem to poorly made.
The Mini Cooper is like it has it’s own atmosphere, it’s driving experience and design gives it a great look, and kinda’ makes you happy, driving this extraordinary piece of machinery. The Mini’s origins go back to the early 60’s, in England, where it made it’s footprint on the world, it’s greatest moment, was in the Beatles age.
Becouse the earlyest models, lacked power, it wasn’t very succesful in the USA, but in the UK it was totaly different, everybody was in it. It was own by such a high diversity of social classes, that you see common folk driving the same cars as rock stars or other great personalitys of the time. In time the Mini even became a simbol of the UK.
As you certanly might know, looks aren’t enough, it’s performance match it. The man, the MIni Cooper got it’s name, John Cooper was contracted to produce high-performance mini cars, and thus the mini was born. First with a 997cc, 55-horsepower engine, and eventually with 1275ccs and 76 horsepower. With excellent handling and about 1400 pounds to pull, the Mini Cooper S 1275 could show its heels to many a larger and allegedly faster car, including some two-seat sports cars.
The Mini Cooper has a very long history, being in production since 1959 untill 2000, but the Mini Cooper once halted production during 1971. The second generation went in production in the early 90′, when german auto company BMW, bought the Mini Cooper’s parent company the Rover Group, and thus, went yet again in production, with a new fresh look.
We had great expectations from this car and we were very pleased by it, it’s not the fastest or the meanest, but it’s loads of fun to drive.
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Saturday May 6th saw Felgenhauer Jaguar XJS Racing placed ninth (9th) overall in the fourth race of the Jaguar World Monthly / Classic Spares XJS Championship 2006 following a suspected clutch problem in the third round which led to an early retirement. Despite starting from the back of the grid in Race Four, the car managed to climb back and gain position and ended up in ninth (9th) place overall following a hard struggle. Follett and Creacom Design, the official sponsors of Felgenhauer Jaguar XJS Racing, are pleased with the result and look forward to the next race at Donington Circuit on the 4th June. A full race update including photos can be seen on the website, in both English and German, as well as information about Felgenhauer Racing’s Official Sponsors, Follett and Creacom Design. Visitors to the site are also encouraged to learn more about opportunities to take part in Jaguar driving experiences at race tracks both in the UK and Germany.
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Notes to Editors: Felgenhauer Racing Patrick Felgenhauer, 32, a German national originally from L????denscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalia and now living in the UK, is an MSA National ‘A’ License holder.
Jaguar World Monthly / Classic Spares XJS Championship The Race Series is organised by the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club, the largest Jaguar Club in the world with over 20,000 members.
Follett - VW Audi Servicing and Aircooled VW Parts Frank L. Follett Motors Ltd, based in St Albans, Herts, was established in 1964 and is an independent VW Audi Specialist which provides Volkswagen and Audi servicing and maintenance. Its associate Company, Follett Parts Ltd, was set up in 2004 to promote its supply of air-cooled VW parts which have been kept in storage since the 1960s, the majority of which are NOS air-cooled VW parts and of European origin. Air-cooled VW parts can be purchased online via a secure shopping facility, powered by Worldpay and payment is accepted in Sterling, US Dollars, Euros and Yen. http://www.follettmotors.com
Creacom Design - Web Design Inverness CreaCom Design is an award winning web design, graphic design and print agency based in the North of Scotland (Invergordon) and with clients across the UK. With over twelve years experience in the industry, every design is tailor made to suit each client’s needs, services and market. Early in 2006, CreaCom launched http://www.invernessprint.com which is a print service dedicated to businesses not only located in the Highlands and Islands but across the UK. For further information visit http://www.creacomdesign.com
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Felgenhauer Jaguar XJS Racing is sponsored by Follettmotors.com and Creacom Design.
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