7 June 2012
Right, now I know the C(o)untryman isn't everyone's favourite MINI; I don't much care for it myself normally.
I also realise that Steampunk can be an acquired æsthetic taste, but I happen to like it. Even on a Countryman:
Feel free to shoot me down, but I'd have one. 
17 July 2009
What the hell are those devices in the steering wheel boss and seats? One to massage the face, the others to ... better not go there. Overall impression - a nasty shade resembling burnt gold ...
30 October 2007
What the hell are those devices in the steering wheel boss and seats? One to massage the face, the others to ... better not go there.
They're designed to resemble a watch mechanism - cogs and wheels are an integral part of Steampunk design. I would think (no, I would hope) that they are, or would be, covered in perspex or something.
You either accept a Morgan as you accept the Himalayas or you go on to more splendid things, say, butterfly collecting. A Morgan merely is and that should be enough.
17 July 2009
Well, the interior is a good design aesthetic for Elton John's toilet.
26 October 2007
Feel free to shoot me down
Bang!
Hate the exterior, particularly the wheels. Interior reminds me of a Zonda for some reason.
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28 July 2008
Looks a bit more Mansory than Steampunk.
You know, I do believe that is a 'pec'...
15 December 2008
Are you sure, I always thought that Steampunk was more like this, a punk version of (almost) Victorian technology
Anyway I know which one I would have, and it didn't start its life in Cowley.
6 April 2010
If no one else will say it....looks like one of the things in the seat hole is a fan to keep ones bits nice and cool.
30 October 2007
Are you sure, I always thought that Steampunk was more like this, a punk version of (almost) Victorian technology
Anyway I know which one I would have, and it didn't start its life in Cowley.
Steampunk takes its inspiration from Victorian and Edwardian æsthetics so tends towards liberal use of brass, copper, dark woods, leather and velvet. I can understand that, in this modern anodyne world where everything is minimalist white/black and plasticky, such extravagant and ostentatious design can be seen to be crass and over-the-top, but done properly it appeals to the æsthete in me. I have to say, though, that I find this fixation with the "purpose" of the seat inserts to be most interesting from a psychoanalytical viewpoint.
Although I have seen that hot rod cited as a Steampunk car, it doesn't personally bring that movement to mind. If anything, it is more Dieselpunk. Steampunk has evolved over the years so there is now in addition Dieselpunk (drawing inspiration from technology of the 1920s-50s, using white metals, dark colours and Art Deco/Second World War motifs) and Cyberpunk (1960s-onwards design cues). The ultimate Steampunk car must surely be that which appeared in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen:
You either accept a Morgan as you accept the Himalayas or you go on to more splendid things, say, butterfly collecting. A Morgan merely is and that should be enough.
28 January 2009
Feel free to shoot me down, but I'd have one. :)
I like it, apart from the wheels - think they could have found somehing better - but I still wouldn't have one based on the Countryman. Maybe if it was based on the Rocketman concept, and it would probably also improve the look of the Clubman.
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6 January 2008
What disco man said, i.e. I quite like it too (except for the wheels). Hey, at least it's different.