1989 Austin Mini City E

The Mini is considered an icon of the 1960s and has become one of the most famous classic cars of all time. In 1959 The British Motor Corporation launched the Mini to compete with the bubble cars of the day. These were a consequence of the Suez crisis in 1956 that resulted in petrol rationing. Alec Issigonis, who designed the Morris Minor, was asked by BMC boss Leonard Lord to design a car that would drive the bubble cars off the road. He was instructed to design a car that would seat four, be the smallest car that the Corporation currently made and to use an existing engine. So the Mini was given the A series engine that had already been used in the Morris Minor and Austin A35 thereby making economical use of existing parts. The only difference was that it was mounted sideways in a very clever arrangement with the gearbox in the sump driving the front wheels. This design has been taken up by pretty much every car manufacturer worldwide to this day.

Over 41 years of production, from 1959 to 2000, the Mini can be divided up into 3 basic major design changes: The Mini Mk1 from 1959 to 1967, the Mini Mk2 from 1967 to 1970, the Mini Mk3 from 1970 to 1976 and finally the Mini Mk4 from 1976.

Registered on the 17th of January 1989 this 6 owner classic Mini City described by the vendor as being in remarkably good fettle looks to be completely original throughout with a speedometer reading of 53500 miles.

We are told the car starts readily from cold and as such would be a great starting point for somebody as an entry level classic or somebody just looking for budget motoring but would prefer something with charm and character as opposed to all the modern euro boxes that now swamp our UK roads, sold with a fresh MOT and ready to be driven away.