The company that owns the rights to the Austin name has built two new 1959-spec Minis. The cars are prepped for racing but are true to the original small-displacement cars. Both will compete at this ...

Sixty years ago, Alec Issigonis got to see for the first time his two-door small car rolling off the assembly lines of what was then the British Motor Corporation. Later known as the Mark I MINI, the ...

To the enthusiast, fuel-economy and emissions mandates that push automakers to develop small cars are bad news. After all, there's no replacement for displacement, right? Well, fifty years ago, the ...