[Paul K]

Pity they never made any money selling the old ones. And the original cooper sucked- terrible brakes. Wife has an '04 Cooper S we bought new. She really likes it. We looked at a 'Classic' for grins, but they are silly money considering how plentiful & cheap they were when new. I think the movie 'The Italian Job' helped that!

Interestingly, the old style Mini was one of the few vehicles that was completely classless. By that I mean you had no idea whether a blue collar person or a Lord was driving it. The only other vehicle that I can think of which is classless is the old Series Land Rover.