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Est: £50,000 - £60,000
1996 Rover Mini Cooper Group N Works Rally Car
UK • 10 Dec 2026 • Lot 248P
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AI Listing Summary
A unique 1997 Monte Carlo Rally entrant, Team Rover Japan's Yasuo Kusakabe and Osam Morikawa's Mini Cooper S. Boasting a blue-printed engine and rally-spec modifications, this highly original example is part of the Ronald White Collection and retains its "Smiley" livery.
Condition
8
Well preserved, original livery, recommissioned.
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Manual
757 BVW 95
1996
Auction
SAXXNNAZEBD136229
RHD
United Kingdom
Description
1997 Monte Carlo Rally Entrant.
Registration No: Un-Registered
Chassis No: SAXXNNAZEBD136229 MOT: None
Team Rover Japan entry for the 1997 (65th) FIA World Rally Championship Monte Carlo Rally Driven and co-driven by Yasuo Kusakabe and Osam Morikawa Boasting a blue-printed engine, Sports Pack body kit, FIA roll cage, Cobra bucket seats, competition suspension, competition brakes, and much more! Part of the Ronald White Collection since 2005 Highly original and well preserved, including the original Mini Loan "Smiley" livery
By the time the production line at Longbridge finally closed in 2000, more than 5 million Minis had been built.
Alec Issigonis’ purest design redefined the small car, this masterpiece of packaging making best use of its tiny—just over 10ft.—length to seat four adults.
Revolutionary features such as the gearbox tucked under the transverse engine, tiny 10in. wheels and innovative architecture—putting the body seams on the outside—made use of every cubic inch of ...
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£1,600
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