It hardly needs pointing out that Minis are quite light. That’s a core element of their make-up, the whole point is that they serve up a minimal footprint in all dimensions. But Adam Evans’ 1990 Rover really is something else. Taking lightness to its logical conclusion, it nigh-on has to be tethered to the ground with ropes to stop it f loating away.
This is attributable in large part to Adam’s keenness for carbon fibre. You could say that he’s got a little a bit carried away; he wanted some carbon, and some became loads, until it was really almost everything. In order to explain the scientific appeal of the benefits, here’s a diverting experiment for those of you who are keen to earn your Blue Peter badge: take a bunch of carbon atoms, and bond them together into crystals that are more or less arranged in a line. Repeat this a few thousand times, then bundle all the
