Mini Countryman MKII Island Blue Charcoal Grey and Platinum Silver

Charcoal Grey and Platinum Silver

there were many variants

This illustration shows a 1969 chrome bumper MGB GT with the optional extra wire wheels

This illustration shows an early model chrome-bumper roadster from 1963 with wire wheels

It is one of only three cars in the 1950s to win both the World Sports Car Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours in the same year

Mini Countryman MKII Island Blue Charcoal Grey and Platinum SilverThe 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,