David Brown's Mini Remastered Oselli Edition is a detailed and exhaustive restomod, but can it ever be worth its £117,600 price tag?
Oselli’s history goes back to the 1960s and they’ve a long tradition of tuning the venerable A-series engine. In this guise they’ve liberated 123bhp and 113lb ft of torque from it, which sounds like more than enough in a Mini. Reading through the measures taken is a step back in time through the history of the tuning industry, with talk of hand polished and ported cylinder heads, a strengthened crankshaft, a racier camshaft and twin SU carburettors.
The Oselli engine dominates all proceedings and is certainly keen to the throttle, but it requires considerable stoking to really hit its stride, a situation exacerbated by this car’s 790kg kerb weight compared to the 600-700kg of an original Mini. David Brown quotes a 0-62mph time of 7.8sec, which feels about right, and the Oselli Edition proves enjoyable if a little rough around the edges.
Still, of equal importance may very well be the fact that there are multiple colour choices of graphics to go with either the dark grey or off-white exterior, plus a hand-crafted leather and Alcantara interior with a choice of two or four seats. There’s also a Pioneer infotainment system with Bluetooth and Apple CarPlay, plus air-conditioning, electric windows and central locking.
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