New MINI at 20 years: a lasting legacy

MINI designer Frank Stephenson recently told me that working with Rover was ‘like dancing with wolves’, and it was true that on the design front, the two parties battled until engineering supremo Wolfgang Reitzle stepped in and instructed Rover to design and engineer the MINI’s body to Stephenson’s specifications. With its one-piece clamshell bonnet and wraparound glazing, this was no mean feat – but the car needed to remain true to the concept.   Click here to read more……

 

By: Keith Adams

CAR MAGAZINE

28 April 2021

 


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