Production of the Longbridge Mini will cease on October 4, after 41 years continuous build.
In its time, Britain’s favourite small car and a world motoring icon – the classic Mini – has won countless hearts, succeeded against all odds, taken centre stage and provided millions of people with everlasting memories.
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The last classic Mini will be built at Longbridge on Wednesday, October 4, 2000 at approximately 10.30am, with a cumulative total of 5,387,862 built.
Sales have risen 30% this year as demand grows for one of the last Longbridge Minis, as stocks begin to run out. A press campaign starts on Sunday, with a black armband cut-out for mourning enthusiasts of the Mini. In 1999, Mini was voted ‘European Car of the Century’ by 130 top journalists world-wide.
Steve Robertson, UK Marketing Director said: “Never in the field of automotive transport was so much achieved, by something so… Mini.”
