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The first Mini Cooper arrived in 1961, with twin SU carburetors to boost its output from 35 hp to 55 hp, followed soon ...
The Minor—its name dating back to 1959 when the original Issigonis design was first marketed as Austin Seven and Morris Mini Minor—would likely cost between $14,500 and $16,000. Early styling ...
Using cardboard, rulers, glue, and pens, the two secretly built a cut-out of a 1959 Morris Mini Minor and stuffed it into the Countryman. Practical Classics says that originally, the pair wanted ...
After testing and a few modifications—honestly, less than you might think—the Mini-Trac made its debut ice-side in 1965. I'll save the rest of the story for Calum to tell, but it's absolutely ...
Introduction Fifty years after the small, economical, and go-kart like Morris Mini-Minor was launched, BMW reinvented the brand and launched its own version of the MINI (all capital letters signify ...
Jay Leno's Garage took a step back into the swinging 1960s in its latest episode with a 1965 Morris Mini Minor that's been with its current owner for more than four decades. Steve Nelson purchased ...
The late Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis, Alec Issignonis to his Internet friends, designed a car that was sold as the Morris Mini-Minor, the Austin Seven and later the Austin Mini. Go ...
BMW and MINI have at long last wriggled free of the Issigonis Straitjacket, Alex Issigonis being the man who conceived the original Morris Mini Minor of 1959, a car that stands as a brilliant ...
The original Mini Cooper was limited to just 1,000 units and put out 55 HP from an enlarged 1.0-liter engine. Customers proved eager to enjoy even more power and the Cooper S S was later ...
They managed to stuff a 1:1-scale cardboard replica of a 1959 Morris Mini Minor (one of the full model names of the original Mini) into a 2010 Mini Countryman. Granted, the Countryman is a ...
The Seven will offer plenty of other options as well, including the 6.5-inch or 8.8-inch Mini Connected System, a Harman/Kardon stereo, park distance control, power-folding mirrors, a panoramic ...
“Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.” For $25,000, it could also be in your garage. A Beatles-inspired custom 1968 Morris Mini Minor, covered in 4000 pre-1968 British pennies and finished ...