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    I've always had a dream, since the 2006 model was introduced.

    I own a classic Mini. And I owned a 2005 MINI Cooper. Sure, I named the new one "Leeroy the Village Idiot", and I may have had more love for the classic than the new one, but I still loved that MINI.

    I've had a dream "money no object" build I've had for a majority of my adult life... And I know I could be drawn and quartered in many areas of the world for what I'm about to say:

    I was going to write something constructive, but then I couldn't hold back.

    Woo hoo! And it looks just like mine! Well, except for the seat colors, but that could be fixed with some acrylic paint. Woo hoo! I don't care how I get it, but I neeeed this.

    I'm sad I missed this. I've never known a community as tight knit as the classic Mini community.

    Oh, look, they're just going back in time and trying to recreate every modded Mini ever. While they're at it, why not make a MINI Shorty? Maybe then, it'll actually be a frakking small car.

    At Monza, during 2007 qualifying, Kimi Raikkonen hit a super thick tire wall at what many said must have been 180+mph at impact. His brakes failed on what used to be a 200+mph section before the Ascari chicane. So, he went from 180+ to zero in 8 feet.

    Is the straight-6 really on it's way out? I thought the V6 configuration was harder to balance, along the lines of defeating harmonic amplification (not the good kind). There's nothing I love more than the smooth roar of a powerful straight-6.

    Not the same thing, but now I'm suddenly nostalgic for older American movers.

    I have a Mini. If I want to have fun, I can have fun. But for some reason, if I have more than 6 cylinders in any car, I wanna be pampered. I want a Jimmy Buffet Margarita Maker and a hammock made of marshmallows and broken dreams.

    Makes me think of this:

    Woah woah, dude. Way to alienate half of Jalopnik's readership. I may be a perverted man-child, but that doesn't mean I don't have a heart.

    Introducing the next generation of highway patrol vehicles from 2046.

    The BMW 633CSI from Back to the Future II.

    GM should've done this with one of my favorite concepts of all time: The 1985 Buick Wildcat. Would've been great to see how fast it could've gone.