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New Car: David Brown Mini Remastered review

New Car: David Brown Mini Remastered review The David Brown Automotive Mini Remastered ‘Inspired by Monte Carlo’ – just as long in name as in asking price, then – is a reimagining of the iconic Mini, but with neater styling and a modern twist. It’s built by the same company that brought us the £600,000 Speedback GT. Now based at Silverstone in shiny new headquarters, David Brown Automotive had reckoned on building 50-100 per year, but with the number of people who have shown ‘serious interest’ in the car since its April unveiling now in the thousands, the company is expecting to build many more than that. This Monte Carlo version is the range-topping limited edition model, just 25 of which will be built. It gets more power than the standard car and a unique Rascasse Red and Ice White paint scheme. The cheapest version, incidentally, is the Classic, which starts at around £75,000. It takes 1400 hours to turn a donor car into a Mini Remastered. The only components that are carried over from the donor are the engine and gearbox, both of which are rebuilt, and the VIN. Everything else, including the bodyshell, is brand new. The shell itself is stiffened with additional structural bracing and the Mini’s various gutters and seams are reprofiled or removed entirely to clean up the styling. The quality of the fit and finish, as well as the paintwork, is very good indeed. Whether or not that justifies the asking price is another matter. The cabin, meanwhile, gets high quality leather and a bespoke dashboard with lots of attractive details, such as knurled aluminium knobs for the ventilation controls. There’s also air conditioning and even a Pioneer infotainment system with sat-nav and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto mobile phone compatibility. Additionally, the seats are redesigned to be more comfortable and more supportive, while the boot is now leather-lined. David Brown Automotive has turned the original Mini into a tiny luxury car. As for standard equipment the Mini Remastered gets halogen headlights, a logo-engraved fuel filler cap, a single exhaust, a leather upholstery, air conditioning, not to mention no cost options that can be added such as branded floor mats, LED illuminated instrument cluster and various 12in alloy wheel options. The optional extras list also makes for interesting reading, with the chance to upgrade both the engine power and braking performance of the Mini, alongside modern luxuries such as LED headlights, heated front windscreen and a twin exhaust system. While the staple aggressive Cibies that adorned numerous Minis of old are also available too. It’s a £99,000 Mini, and the Mini Remastered simply isn’t designed to be rational purchase. Instead, it’s intended to appeal to the affluent fashion-conscious city dweller, perhaps those who owned original Minis in their youth. As a matter of fact, David Brown Automotive has seen a huge cross section among those who have put down deposits. Orders have come in from all over the world, too. As Singer Vehicle Design has demonstrated with its reimagined 911s, there’s enormous appetite out there for iconic cars that have been made more usable with modern technology and updated with a fresh aesthetic. Given how adored the original Mini is, it’s hardly a surprise that a Mini without the inconveniences has proven to be so popular. There’s no getting around the fact the Mini Remastered is extremely expensive. It’s also a very likeable and characterful little thing, though, and it’s been finished to a high standard. Pricey or not, David Brown Automotive won’t be able to build them fast enough. Source sound:   / nocopyrightsounds   New Car: David Brown Mini Remastered review Thanks for watching video. Like, share and subscribe channel:https://goo.gl/QSKTXv. Please!!!