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Austin Mini, Mini Cooper »

Fourth Oldest Surviving Unrestored Mini

Will you buy a Austin Mini Se7en De Luxe Saloon and have it preserved until today if you have £497 in 1959? It is 53 years of preservation! 99.9% of people won’t do that but someone actually did that. Mr David Gallimore bought a 1959 Austin Mini Se7en De Luxe Saloon (MK1) in 1986 from a Gladys Hobro of Aldwick, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Gallimore then kept the car in a Chichester barn until recently he is putting the car up for sales. This rusty Austin Mini is covered in …

Car Buying Guide, Car Maintenance »

Money for car maintenance – Do you reserve it?

Imagine that an early morning you walk to your car park and start the car. You try to crank the car several times but it just doesn’t start. You make a call to the nearest mechanic and he comes over for $100 service charge. After half an hour checking, the mechanic tells you that the car must be towed to his workshop for further checking. You were told that he suspect some major parts is giving problems and that may cost at least $5000 to fix it. OMG! what are …

Mini Cooper »

1989 Mini Thirty (Mini 30)

In 1989, Rover launched another limited edition Mini to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this little car on earth, the fabulously opulent Mini Thirty. The production of the Mini Thirty is limited to 3,000 units and only available in the United Kingdom. 2,000 units were made in Pearlescent Cherry Red (COG-BLVC843) and 1,000 in Black (PMA-BLVC90). Most of them were made in manual transmission and only 200 units were made in automatic transmission.

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Mini ERA Turbo

The Mini ERA Turbo was introduced in 1989 as a replacement for the Mini Cooper S. The ERA Turbo is based on a Mini City just like any other limited edition Minis found in MK5. ERA is stands for English Racing Automobiles, true to its name “ERA Turbo”, it received an MG Metro turbocharged fitted to a modified 1275 cc four-cylinder in line OHV engine pumping 94hp at 6130rpm and 118 Nm of torque at 3600rpm. These amounts may be nothing in automobile world today but it was a huge …

Car Accidents »

Exotic car accidents in Malaysia

While 2012 has just entered February, there are two exotic car accidents happened in Malaysia. The first one involved a black Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. From the pictures, we believe the driver lost control with the car and smashed the side of the road with high speed on Gutrie Highway, Subang. The car is believed rollover because the roof dented, windscreen is broken and all wheels fall off car. The car is also believed to have crashed with the guardrail causing the million dollar car looks like a piece of junk. …