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Celebrate British cars at new Gaydon ‘The BMC and Leyland Show’

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Celebrate British cars at new Gaydon ‘The BMC and Leyland Show’

Tom Caren, the new Show Manager at the Heritage Motor Centre stated “The BMC and Leyland Show will be an enthusiast’s show aimed at enthusiasts

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Up For The Vote: The Classic Mini and 99 Other Great British Innovations

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Up For The Vote: The Classic Mini and 99 Other Great British Innovations

Rankings, statistics and surveys enjoy a strong tradition in Great Britain, the home of MINI. The British Science Association has just opened a major poll inviting internet users to vote online for the most important and influential innovation of the last century in the field of science and technology.

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British Roots, European Character: Mini Celebrates 100 Years of Automotive Production

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British Roots, European Character: Mini Celebrates 100 Years of Automotive Production

The first classic Mini rolled off the production line in Oxford on 8 May 1959, and another 602,816 were to follow in the years up to 1968

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A Century Of Car-Making In Oxford

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A Century Of Car-Making In Oxford

The MINI Plant will lead the celebrations of a centenary of car-making in Oxford, on 28 March 2013 – 100 years to the day when the first “Bullnose” Morris Oxford was built by William Morris, a few hundred metres from where the modern plant stands today.

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Unique Mini Cooper S Fronts Up Barons’ Sale of Classic Cars

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Unique Mini Cooper S Fronts Up Barons’ Sale of Classic Cars

A 1969 Margrave Wood & Picket Mini Cooper S with a suitably swinging history in the music industry heads the list of entries for Barons’ Yuletide Classic sale in the splendid Surrey Hall at Sandown Park Race Course on December 18th.

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Mini Minor to Asia Minor – There & Back

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Mini Minor to Asia Minor – There & Back

This is the story of an independent trek in a 50-year-old Mini – all the way to the Great Pyramid and back – with no assistance or support crew, to provide much needed funds and publicity for the Willow Foundation.

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The Classic Mini – Top Of The Pile Once Again

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The Classic Mini – Top Of The Pile Once Again

53 years ago, in September 1959, sales began of the Morris Mini-Minor and Austin Seven, and the classic Mini duly embarked on what was to be a triumphant assault on the world’s consciousness.

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The Original Mini Voted The Greatest British Car Ever Made as UK Car Manufacturer is Set to Hit a Record High

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The Original Mini Voted The Greatest British Car Ever Made as UK Car Manufacturer is Set to Hit a Record High

The Mini beat off opposition from the original Range Rover, which was launched in 1970, inventing a new category of car and that still thrives today, and the Jaguar E-Type, which was launched in 1961 and drew votes on the grounds of beauty, function and value.

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Two marvellous Minis to be offered at CarFest North

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Two marvellous Minis to be offered at CarFest North

A 1960 Morris Mini Minor with its own television career and a multiple class-winning 1967 Austin Mini Countryman will be just two of the fantastic lots being offered by Silverstone Auctions at the ‘Pride & Joy’ car auction at CarFest North on 8th and 9th September, in aid of BBC Children in Need.

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Barn find early Oselli Mini for Barons’ British Heritage sale

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Barn find early Oselli Mini for Barons’ British Heritage sale

The 1961 Mini was upgraded by Oselli to 1125cc specification, in one of the famous performance tuning specialist’s earliest types of conversion, but was taken off the road in the early 1980s and has literally gathered dust in a garage for the past 31 years.

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