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The most innovative, fun-filled and spectacularly successful British car ever built, the Mini has come to be regarded as far more than just an automobile. This book is a celebration of the Mini and all that it stands for. It tells the story of the car's development, from Issigonis' original right up to BMW's MINI of today, explaining the car's enduring appeal. Using original and contemporary photographs and with tales from the famous, the good and the infamous who have known and loved Minis, this is the only book on the Mini that every motoring enthusiast and Mini lover could ever want. To many thousands of people around the world the Mini is a way of life. Since it first rolled off the production line in August 1959, the car remained essentially the same for 40 years while revolutionising the motor industry, inspiring artists, starring in films and winning numerous racing trophies. When change did eventually come with BMW's new MINI, the style of the original car mixed with the up-to-date technology proved a winning combination that has continued to thrill Mini fans everywhere. Broken into sections dealing with Size - why no other 'small' car comes close; Class - how it was eagerly adopted by Lords and call-girls; Sex - the Swinging Sixties would have merely swayed without it; Speed - how it ate Jags for tea; Money - it never made any; Love - why it won the hearts of millions; Faith - how BMW came to the rescue; and, Rebirth - how it came back to life.
About the Author
Brian Laban has been a motoring writer for 25 years and a fan of the Mini for even longer than that. He passed his driving test in one, and in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s lived with several cars, exotic and plain. He has written on cars for virtually every major British motoring magazine, several foreign ones, and many newspapers. In 1991 he won the Guild of Motoring Writers' Pierre Dreyfus Award for the most outstanding journalistic effort of the year. He writes regularly for Performance Car magazine and is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph, Auto Express and Sunday Business, among others. He has written around two dozen motoring books.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
excellent photos and informative dialogue, this is a must for mini enthusiasts...
(a small note to the author: the psychedelic mini said to be owned by John Lennon was actually George Harrison's. Lennon owned a black mini cooper with black windows (and more famously a psychedelic rolls royce)... George's mini can be seen in action in the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour movie..)
(a small note to the author: the psychedelic mini said to be owned by John Lennon was actually George Harrison's. Lennon owned a black mini cooper with black windows (and more famously a psychedelic rolls royce)... George's mini can be seen in action in the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour movie..)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's misleading to put only Jeremy Clarkson's name to it. It should also be made aware to purchasers that it is a previously published book, with only a few updates & a few new photos. Was disappointed, and would not have purchased it, if this had been in the review of the book.
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A book for every MINI enthusiast
15 July 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Many insightful stories, many photos, and a great review of the 50 years, including the modern-day concepts, and vehicles such as the Clubman.
Note; the "jeremy clarkson" contribution is really just one page and a half.
Note; the "jeremy clarkson" contribution is really just one page and a half.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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5 July 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a great book and a good read. The people how want to know more about MINI band its struggling past, and has now seem to be like a pioneix and keeps rising from hard times. MINI has been through alot to be where it is today.
GO MINI GO !!!!!!!!!!!
GO MINI GO !!!!!!!!!!!
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