MARKET TRENDS
Mar 16, 2022
3 minutes
MINI COOPER (1961-1969)
s alien as it may seem nowadays, the Mini was never designed to be sporty. Creator Alec Issigonis intended it as a simple and utilitarian people’s car, but John Cooper – boss of his eponymous F1 team – had other ideas. The two men were already good friends and there were professional links too, with Cooper using a 948cc version of the Mini’s A-Series engine for his Formula Junior race cars. He was also working on producing a hot version of the Renault Dauphine,
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