David Brown Automotive's Mini Remastered Oselli Edition is packing a 125HP engine
British automaker David Brown Automotive (DBA) is riding the retro bandwagon with its latest masterpiece. The Mini Remastered Oselli Edition is a restomod version of the original Mini from the 1960s. Created in collaboration with performance vehicle specialist Oselli, the newest Mini Remastered gains a new and more powerful engine and a healthy dose of performance-enhancing updates.
The Mini Remastered has a newly-developed 1.5-liter naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine with twin carburetors, pumping out a healthy 125 horsepower and 113 pound-feet of torque. For context, the original Mini has a tiny 848cc four-banger with only 34 horsepower, while a 2022 Mini Hardtop has a turbocharged three-cylinder engine with 134 horsepower.
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So yeah, DBA and Oselli's Mini Remastered is a vibrant classic car. DBA claims zero to 60 mph in 7.8-seconds courtesy of redesigned five-speed manual transmission turning the front wheels. It has four-piston AP racing front calipers and aluminum drums in the rear for stronger stopping power. Meanwhile, tighter handling is courtesy of Bilstein shock absorbers on all four corners.
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Meanwhile, it also gets a free-flowing exhaust system that growls more prominently than a vintage Mini. The old-school style gets a modern treatment with LED headlights, a mesh front grille, and new driving lights. Making it stand out are racing stripes, blacked-out exterior accents, and 13-inch alloy wheels, the latter you can get in gold or graphite.
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The cabin is the same ol' Mini with new updates like sport seats, a Sabelt steering wheel wrapped in Alcantara, power windows, air conditioning, USB ports, and a Pioneer audio system with Bluetooth connectivity. In short, it's pretty much the old Mini we all want, but it has more power and modern interior accouterments.
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David Brown Automotive is only building 60 units of the Mini Remastered Oselli Edition. Pricing is forthcoming, but you should expect a six-figure price tag for a car like this, especially considering that DBA takes at least 1,000 hours to build a single Mini Remastered model. DBA claims the first deliveries are arriving in early 2022.
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