Registration - X871 YPR

Chassis No. - SAXXMPAZE1D188176

M.O.T. - August 2025

Odometer - 62,991

This late example of Rover’s Mini Cooper Sport has been specified with great care, presented in Tahiti Blue, and looking every inch Mini John Cooper would have been proud of. ‘X871 YPR’ features Rover’s 1,275cc four-cylinder MPI engine and four-speed manual gearbox, and is confirmed by the 2000 register to be the last such model built, before the run-out Cooper Sport 500 series of the classic Mini. Complementing the deep blue bodywork is a Platinum silver roof, with white racing stripes and Mini Cooper motifs, widened wheel arches, quad light kit, and 13-inch sports alloys. Inside, the alloy dashboard features classic cream dials, while the cabin is trimmed in black leather, with silver and black leather seating.

Only the second keeper in almost 24 years on the road, ‘X871 YPR’ comes with an extensive folder of paperwork documenting past work. This includes a replaced drive belt, repaired off-side sill, driver’s door and post panel, and passenger door and sill replaced. In August 2024, new tyres, brake discs, pads, callipers, and battery were fitted. It has been meticulously serviced each year of the vendor’s ownership - other than Covid-hit 2020 - has been garaged and driven in dry conditions. They describe the bodywork, paint, and interior as ‘good’, and the engine, transmission, and electrics as ‘excellent’; ‘X871 YPR’ passed an MOT in August with no advisories. The original handbook, service book, and two keys with remote fobs are also offered on this classic Mini Cooper Sport, which has covered an indicated 62,991 miles.

• Last of the line classic Mini Cooper Sport
• Cherished model, with well documented work
• Desirable high specification model

With the reverberations of the 1956-1957 Suez Crisis felt worldwide, Leonard Lord lost little time in commissioning Alec Issigonis to begin work on a radical small car project. Apart from the constraint of using existing BMC mechanical assemblies, and a brief to house four adults plus their luggage within as small a space as possible, the brilliant Issigonis was given carte blanche. His response was the now legendary Mini. Launched in 1959, it featured an ingenious transverse-mounted powertrain, all-round independent 'rubber cone' suspension, front-wheel drive and compact rack and pinion steering, the newcomer was a packaging masterpiece; not to mention one of the most influential automotive designs ever conceived. In 1996, the Mk VII version was launched – the final variant of the original shape Mini. Changes included twin-point fuel injection, full-width dashboard, and driver’s airbag, and it lasted until October 2000, by which time more than 5.3 million Minis had rolled off the production line.