Of all the thousands of cars in the history of motoring, none has ever united the classes in the same way as the BMC Mini. From students to pop stars, wealth (or lack of) has never been a barrier to ...
The first BMC Mini went on sale in 1959. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis, it featured many of the engineering innovations that we now take for granted, such as a tranversely mounted front engine and ...
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When the 1959 Mini prototype quietly rewrote design rules
The first Mini prototype of 1959 did not arrive with fanfare or a manifesto about changing the car industry. It appeared as a ...
If we're not careful, absurdities can occur without our realising their gradual development. Drip, drip, drip go the little changes, until suddenly you realise that something ludicrous has happened. A ...
When the original Mini arrived on the scene in 1959, it changed the world of motoring. The Sir Alec Issigonis-designed car was tiny in dimensions but spacious enough for four passengers. And it was ...
The Sun might be a familiar sight now, but it was pelting it down as I drove my 1959 Mini – whose engine started to splutter and hiccup just as old Mini engines used to do when drowning – to the ...
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