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Author: Chris Harvey, Hardbound, 274 Pages, ISBN: 9780946609116, 1990 Reprint of 1986 original - Second-Hand book in excellent unread condition !
For a car so small, the Mini, in all its forms (including the Mini Traveller, the Mini Cooper, the Riley Elf, the Mini Cooper S, the Mini-Moke, the Mark II Mini, the Clubman, the 1275 GT and the Modified Minis), made an enormous impact on the world.
Conceived of sheer necessity during the first fuel crisis, more than 5 million have since been sold, and it began the trend for smaller, more economic cars that has since proved irreversible.
Packed with facts, pictures, anecdotes, history, practical information and compulsive armchair reading in the form of contemporary road testers' reports, Mighty Minis will be welcomed by Mini enthusiasts everywhere.
As Motor said 'The best things about a Mini are still, in 1981, at least as good as they ever were. Its combination of diminutive dimensions, panoramic visibility, eager engine, snappy gear change and scampering manoeuvrability still make it a cheekily effective town car which is great fun to drive.'
Or again in 1985, they said 'Twenty-five years after its launch, the Mini is selling 23,000 cars a year — comfortably ahead of any others in its class. Why? Probably because today the Mini's virtues of compactness and economy are as relevant as they ever were.'
And 30 years later, the Mini charges on as popular as ever. . .
