Mini Countryman MKII Tartan Red mgb Caribbean Blue and Turquoise

Caribbean Blue and Turquoise

The  “woodie” was

shown in competition livery

largely due to the tyre pressures being incorrectly set on the press launch

Nevertheless

Mini Countryman MKII Tartan Red mgb Caribbean Blue and TurquoiseThe 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,