October 27, 2005:

Checkmate!

Posted 10:02 pm | Comments: (8) | Uncategorized

Tonight I spied a couple of “checkmate” MINIs at MINI Peabody (see here and here on MotoringFile) … unfortunately it was already dark and I could not get many decent pics – but here is a sample:

(a couple more in the ’06 MINIs gallery)

Comments: 8 (post new comment)

  1. blalor (2005/10/27 @ 10:57 pm)

    Hm. The horseshoes don’t look quite so ridiculous from that angle… :-)

  2. RB (2005/10/28 @ 1:33 am)

    I have to agree as my first look at them I thought UGH!

  3. Josh Wardell (2005/10/28 @ 8:35 am)

    I know no one agrees with me but I like the horseshoes..actually they don’t look as good to me from that angle as the promo shots. I think it’s the extra depth as they get towards the outter rim.

  4. Ian C. (2005/10/28 @ 9:14 am)

    I really did not much like the new wheels; I hope the new owners do though!

  5. Gabe (2005/10/28 @ 10:37 am)

    I’m with you Ian… not a fan at all of those wheels. And I could do without that font they chose for “Checkmate”. For the love of God the least they could have done was use Frutiger or something…

  6. RB (2005/10/28 @ 1:22 pm)

    I wouldn’t buy those rims but I think there better that I first thought. They look heavy like the S Lites.

    Hum Frutiger…..nice, overused but nice. Maybe a Schindler Medium or a CityD for my tastes.

  7. MDSBrain (2005/10/29 @ 10:15 pm)

    I saw one of the new 18″ JCW wheels in black at my dealer earlier this week and I don’t care for them.

  8. Conrad (2005/12/03 @ 8:37 am)

    I just took delivery of a Mini Cooper Checkmate on Thursday, complete with a second set of alloy wheels with winter tyres and an iPod interface. I’m already totally in love with this car — I’ve never had so much fun in a vehicle in years, maybe not even on a motorcycle. And the Checkmate design is simply drop-dead gorgeous, inside and out. Wow!!!

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