The Mini Cooper classic is a British popular culture icon straight out the 1960s. These fun experiences give you three or six miles driving a 1968 Cooper S at your choice of track nationwide. So is the old Mini Cooper better than the new BMW one? You've got to hand it to Alec Issigonis
- he designed one hell of a brilliant little car. When the first Minis rolled off the British Motoring Corporation production line in 1959 it changed motoring as we know it. The Mini was simple practical & affordable. A certain John Cooper spotted the racing potential in these little city cars & before you know it the souped up Cooper version was ready to race. & whilst the Mini Cooper was indeed a good racer the car is perhaps best known for its role in the 1969 heist film ' The Italian Job'. Red white & blue Mini Coopers race through the streets of Turin in what is surely one of the best chase scenes ever in a movie. Nipping along the arcades bumping down paved steps turning into tight...