[BMWCSRegistry] Max Hoffman & Other Old Car Stuff

[Art Wegweiser]

Thanks for the heads up, Steve:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/automobiles/18HOFFMAN.html
Nice article about Max Hoffman who helped save BMW's butt around mid 
20th Century, although some of his other ventures didn't quite make 
it in the USA.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/automobiles/autoreviews/18AUTOS.html
Good discussion about the Mini Cooper. I wonder why it isn't badged 
as a BMW?  Maybe too "cute
to carry the "kidney" grill - which has long since quit being a 
kidney unless someone has severe nephritis.
Perhaps because Chris Bangle had little or nothing to do with the design?

Having driven an earlier model Cooper S, (definitely the S) I concur 
with the writer's conclusions - except the price can get a little 
scary, depending on which of a sack full of options you really must 
have.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/automobiles/collectibles/18REPLICA.html
And for the 1% of us who qualify for nice tax breaks, some of these 
will certainly stimulate the economy
... but no BMW content.

Art
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Art Wegweiser, BMWCCA Member #12163
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Ilse         72 3.0 CSi   2 262 736   Fjord & Polaris Neu
Gretel       95 E36 M3   ..EH06546    Arktissilber metallic

Plus a couple of Subaru to abuse in the Winter.