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Story by David S. Wallens • Photo Courtesy Mini
Rarity, improved performance and a nod to the past usually add up to a price premium. Oddly, though, we’re now seeing rea…
Reasonable prices seem less odd if you know owners of first generation "new" Minis who encountered high repair costs after 60K miles or so.
"Despite the name, this wasn’t a kit added by the consumer or the dealer; it was fitted at the factory." = Fake News..... The cars were not fitted at the factory in Oxford England !
Originally each of the cars were just a standard 2006 S models, clad in pepper white then shipped from Oxford England to the Bertone Factory in Italy...which is where this original and first GP was born !
In reply to gray_raven :
Seriously? He didn't say it was fitted in Oxford. And you even said it was installed at the Bertone Factory.
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