The return of the world’s most loved car

The original Mini is adored by its legions of fans, who can now get back behind the wheel – the rich ones anyway.

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If you're much older than the age of 30, "Mini" will instantly bring to mind the phenomenally successful, much-loved small car that was noisy, nippy if not fast, and seemingly larger inside than out, says Simon de Burton in the FT's How To Spend It. For thousands, it was the car they learned to drive in and the first one they owned. For younger people, the word is more likely to bring to mind BMW's modern variant. That Mini is bigger, faster, more quiet and refined, and when it comes to comfort, speed, safety, efficiency and reliability, there's no arguing that the modern Mini leaves the original for dead.

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