1987 Mini Advantage LE White and the car repeated the

and the car repeated the feat in 1965

Whilst the cars wasn’t commercially successful in its heyday

This illustration shows a 1968 MGC-GT finished in snowberry white

British Racing Green paintwork with contrasting white roof

1987 Mini Advantage LE White and the car repeated theThe 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. From being a small shopping trolley type of car, the