Big Andy

My mother had an original white mini and would regularly travel the country with her, my grandad, my grandma and both me and my brother in it. Brilliant little car and she loved it.

mmarshall

The original Mini, in 1959, was the brainchild of Sir Alec Issigonis, a Greek automotive engineer working in Britain for Austin and Morris. It was the first production car to utilize a transverse engine/FWD for space efficiency (earlier French and American FWD designs, like Citroen and Cord, had used longitudinal-mount engines). Today, of course, a majority, if not most, of the world's cars and minivans (and a number of SUVs) use that general layout.

IS-SV

My mother had the original Mini for a couple of years for commuting use, but she was living in England at the time. She enjoyed it.

KILLERGS4

I remember parking my GS400 next to RR Phantom, my GS looked like a Corolla next to it

PhantomZX

Don't they still make the original Mini somewhere in the world? I remember seeing a Japanese car mag that was full of them, with very recent model years.

Big Andy

Sadly, no.

You could probably build a new one from new parts/body shell etc. Production ended in the UK 2000/2001 ish.

primecut

iTrader: (1)

I think this is funnier:

IS-SV

Luv that pic^, both the similarities and differences show well.

mmarshall

A nice shot. Do you know if the same person owns both of them?

primecut

iTrader: (1)

No idea.. I just found it off Wikipedia.