1962-67 Mini Countryman Tartan Red Few car enthusiasts would fail

Few car enthusiasts would fail to recognise the classic lines of the Ford GT40

Caribbean Blue and Turquoise

This illustration shows a chrome-bumper roadster from 1971 with 14" wire wheels

100 were produced costing cost £3

Italian styling house

1962-67 Mini Countryman Tartan Red Few car enthusiasts would failThe Mini was arguably the most influential British car of the 20th century. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis and launched in 1959, the mini was in production for over 40 years. In the wake of the Suez crisis in 1956, the market for German bubble cars increased dramatically but Leonard Lord, the head of the British Motor Corporation, hated them so much he laid down the basic specification for the Mini. Over the many years that the car was in production,