The company that owns the rights to the Austin name has built two new 1959-spec Minis. The cars are prepped for racing but are true to the original small-displacement cars. Both will compete at this ...

Sixty years ago, Alec Issigonis got to see for the first time his two-door small car rolling off the assembly lines of what was then the British Motor Corporation. Later known as the Mark I MINI, the ...

To the enthusiast, fuel-economy and emissions mandates that push automakers to develop small cars are bad news. After all, there's no replacement for displacement, right? Well, fifty years ago, the ...

Take a break from the dumpster fire that is 2018. This electric Mini will make you smile. Built as a show piece, the car features an electric powertrain in a restored 1959 Mini Cooper. Of course it’s ...

Using cardboard, rulers, glue, and pens, the two secretly built a cut-out of a 1959 Morris Mini Minor and stuffed it into the Countryman.Practical Classics saysthat originally, the pair wanted to ...