Austin/BMT/Leyland MINI! Review

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Austin/BMT/Leyland MINI!
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jarrod brown.'s Review of Austin/BMT/Leyland MINI!

3rd Aug 2003

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Practicality
    3.5 stars
  • Performance
    4 stars
  • Reliability
    2.5 stars
Good Points

with a few extra bolt on mods e.g. bigger carbs, head, extractors, cam, exhaust they pick up there performance quite well. if building a engine i recommend an 1100 to start with, very torquey and cheap to buy


Bad Points

when they have xtra horses you can expect to destroy the diff, cv's and gearbox quite easily, dont plan on working after the age of 30 as your back wont be able to cope...seemingly the english are 2 feet tall and didnt accomodate for the rest of the world.


General Comments

yep i do love the mini's, as long as the word standard isnt in any sentence i will continue to buy more

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Members' Comments onjarrod brown.'s Review

  • McLaren F1 Rank: Corporal on 5th May 2004

    Um... I'm English and I ain't short thanks very much. The concept of it being too small may have something to do with the fact that it is called a "MINI" and the guy that designed it intended it to be an all new SMALL car.

  • mwe Rank: Sergeant on 29th Sep 2004

    I'm puzzled by the comment that people over 2-feet tall won't fit in a Mini. I'm 6-feet tall & have plenty of head & legroom whether I'm sitting in the back or front of a BMC/BL/Austin-Rover Mini. The idea behind the Mini (the one which came out in 1959) was to accomodate 4 adults within the shortest overall length;-it achieves this aim admirably. Front seats on 1982 models onwards had headrestraints & were much more back-frendly than earlier models. The last models (up to year 2000) had the same front seats as larger Rover-Group models. Replacement Cobra-type seats can be fitted & set lower than standard front seats if you want more space & comfort.

  • tomdickharry Rank: 2nd Lieutenant on 17th Nov 2005

    The english are not nesserally smaller vertically, perhaps just slimmer than some other nationalities who try and squeeze their massive gut behind the wheel of a mini! I am 6ft 2, therefore not short, even by american standards, and am suficiantly comfy with enough leg room. How much room do you really need in a car designed for short trips?