The Mini came to the attention of а friend of Issigonis, John Cooper, who recognized its performance potential and whose name the famous vehicle bears. In 1961, he gave the car a more powerful engine, ...

The Mini Cooper is an icon of English auto history, on the street and the screen. But after BMW's acquisition of it, is it still made in the United Kingdom?

It is a 1971 Austin Mini Cooper but gone is its standard engine and in its place sits a single-cam D-Series Honda engine. This unit displaces 1.6-liters from its four cylinders and features VTEC.

The two Austin Minis in question are a 1985 Mini Ritz, which has been sitting idle for around 15 years, and a 1961 Austin Mini, which has been off the road for over two decades.