This Mini Cooper Sport is part of a varied and high-quality collection and has been afforded the kind of care and attention you might expect such a collection to bestow.

Registered in February 2001 and built in September 2000, the car is number 1,793 out of 2,091 RHD Cooper Sport Minis built.

These late model Cooper Sports came with a variety of distinguishing features, including the following: The car’s overall condition is really very good even for its low mileage of 67,000 miles, let alone its age.

The car drives as you would hope and expect of a Mini Cooper Sport – only more so.

At some point the car has been breathed upon by renowned Mini engine whisperers, Downton Engineering, and the vendor believes the peppy, spirited, eager engine probably has around 15bhp more to offer than it did when it left the factory, courtesy of Downton’s fast-road camshaft LCB engine upgrade.

From a few feet away, you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between this car and one that might hav...