The Mini Remastered will make its UK debut at the London motor show next month, David Brown Automotive (DBA) has confirmed.
Essentially a luxury version of the original Mini, it has a tweaked 1275cc engine, Apple CarPlay functionality, a bespoke interior and paintwork. Its creator, DBA, is the company the company behind the DB5-lookalike Speedback GT.
The Mini Remastered invokes the spirit of ‘customised’ 1960s Minis, the Mini Remastered is handbuilt using new body panels which are fettled by DBA to improve the fit and finish and ‘de-seamed’ to give the smooth body look that was highly-valued in the 1960s. Each car has 1400 man hours of labour behind it, 400 of which are spent on the paintwork.
"This is the ultimate in modern and classic town and city driving," said the company, "built by hand with unique coachbuilding construction and incorporating modern technology."
The engine is a reconditioned 1275cc unit — the capacity that powered later Cooper S models and the 1970s 1275 GT — or a 90bhp 1310cc in the Monte Carlo, mated to an original four-speed manual gearbox which has also been re-conditioned. In base spec, the 1275cc engine produces 60bhp, and climbs to 75bhp for the Cafe Racer.
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owenmahamilton
At that price
80sXS
owenmahamilton wrote:
They'll sell them, but it won't be to enthusiasts or drivers. They'll be snapped up by spivs eager to sell them on for a profit to folk who will lock them away with their other trophies of wealth. Shame really as they look rather nice.
Roderick Ramage
too small?
The joy of the remastered Mini is that it reminds us what lardy space-wasting slobs modern cars have become.
beechie
Lardy for a reason.
Fancy having a crash in one of them there Minis, do you?
bol
The retro shark, jumped
TheDriver
So tiny!
Thekrankis
Oooooh I want this soooo badly!
Hedonist
Nice idea but
Sundym
60s icon
Bazzer
Why, though?
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