Mini
Year Driver Co-driver Result
1962 Pat Moss Ann Wisdom Ladies ' Award
1963 Rauno Aaltonen Tony Ambrose 3rd
1964 Paddy Hopkirk Henry Liddon Winner
1964 Timo Mäkinen Patrick Vanson 4th
1965 Timo Mäkinen Paul Easter Winner
1966 Timo Mäkinen Paul Easter ( disqualified )
1966 Rauno Aaltonen Tony Ambrose ( disqualified )
1966 Paddy Hopkirk Henry Liddon ( disqualified )
1967 Rauno Aaltonen Henry Liddon Winner
1968 Rauno Aaltonen Henry Liddon 3rd
1968 Tony Fall Mike Wood 4th
1968 Paddy Hopkirk Ron Crellin 5th
Motorsport
BMC operated a Competition Department at Abingdon , Oxfordshire , under the control of Stuart Turner , which built specially prepared Minis ( mostly based on Cooper and Cooper S versions ) to compete in international rallies and other motorsport . This department played a key role in ensuring the Mini 's huge success in motorsport throughout the 1960s , in particular , winning the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964 , 1965 and 1967 , the 1000 Lakes Rally in 1965 , 1966 and 1967 , and dominating all of the first 9 positions in the 1966 Gallaher 500 at Bathurst . The car also won the 1961 , 1962 , 1969 , 1978 and 1979 British Saloon Car Championship season , as well as the British Rally Championship in 1962 , 1963 and 1970 , the European Rally Championship in 1965 and 1966 , and won the Finnish Rally Championship in 1965 and 1966 . [ 76 ] Minis also won the 1965 Lowood 4 Hour endurance race , and the final Finnish Grand Prix in 1963 . The Cooper S also had some success in the European Touring Car Championship , winning in 1964 and 1968 , the Guia Race of Macau ( a 1-2-3 finish in 1965 , a 1–2 finish in 1970 and a win in 1972 ) , and the Australian Touring Car Championship , winning its class in 1962 , 1963 , 1964 , 1966 , 1967 and 1968 . A further title was the 1971 Sun-7 Chesterfield Series . The Mini also achieved class wins at the 1963 Armstrong 500 , repeating this feat every year until 1969 , and having class wins at the 1964 , 1965 and 1971 Sandown 250 , and Six Hour Le Mans in 1963 , 1964 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 and 1972 , as well as the 1971 Phillip Island 500K . The car also won the Welsh Sports and Saloon Car Championship in 1998 . Mini Leyland came 4th place in the under-2-litre category in the 1966 , 1967 and 1969 Trans-Am seasons , improving to 3rd in 1970 . The Mini Cooper S won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964 , 1965 and 1967 . [ 77 ] Minis initially placed first , second and third in the 1966 rally as well , but were disqualified after a controversial decision by the judges . The disqualification related to the use of a variable resistance headlamp dimming circuit in place of a dual-filament lamp . [ 78 ] Fourth placed Roger Clark 's Ford Cortina was disqualified for the same reason , along with six other cars . The fifth car past the finishing line , a Citroën DS , a model that had won the race previously , was awarded first place – the DS had similar headlamps , but these were standard production equipment on the car – in line with the letter of the rules . [ 79 ] The driver of the Citroën , Pauli Toivonen , felt that he had not really `` won '' the rally . [ 80 ] BMC probably received more publicity from the disqualification than they would have gained from a victory . [ 81 ] 1964 Monte Carlo Rally winner : 1963 Morris Mini Cooper S 1965 Monte Carlo Rally winner : 1964 Morris Mini Cooper S 1967 Monte Carlo Rally winner : 1966 Morris Mini Cooper S
The Mini is a small economy car produced by the English-based British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of 1960s British popular culture. Its space-saving transverse engine and front-wheel drive layout - allowing 80% of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage - influenced a generation of car makers. In 1999, the Mini was voted the second-most influential car of the 20th century, behind the Ford Model T, and ahead of the Citroën DS and Volkswagen Beetle. The front-wheel-drive, transverse-engine layout of the Mini was copied for other supermini designs including the Honda N360 (1967), Nissan Cherry (1970), and Fiat 127 (1971). The layout was also adapted for larger subcompact designs. This distinctive two-door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis. It was manufactured at the Longbridge and Cowley plants in England, the Victoria Park/Zetland British Motor Corporation (Australia) factory in Sydney, Australia, and later also in Spain (Authi), Belgium, Chile, Italy (Innocenti), Malta, Portugal, South Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia. The Mini Mark I had three major UK updates - the Mark II, the Clubman, and the Mark III. Within these was a series of variations, including an estate car, a pick-up truck, a van, and the Mini Moke, a jeep-like buggy. The performance versions, the Mini Cooper and Cooper S, were successful as both race and rally cars, winning the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964, 1965, and 1967. In 1966, the first-placed Mini (along with nine other cars) was disqualified after the finish, under a controversial decision that the car's headlights were against the rules.