Rover Mini Cooper 1275S Mark 1

The Rover Mini Cooper 1275S Mark 1 is a rally car from Mini.

This rally car resembles the #177 car driven by Rauno Aaltonen, the winner of the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally.

Other names
This car goes by different names depending on the version of the game.

In-game description
''After its introduction, the Mini quickly became the British national car. It seemed that everyone, from commoners to royalty, drove one. Many racing drivers were Mini owners, and that led to Minis racing. The Mini was light in weight and had an innovative fully-independent suspension with control arms in front, and trailing arms at the rear, both sprung by rubber cones similar in function to today's elastomer bicycle suspensions. It could outhandle a surprising number of more conventional cars. It had to take advantage of its cornering abilities, since in original 850 cc form it had all of 37 horsepower. John Cooper, maker of World Championship-winning Formula One cars in the late 1950s, and, more to the point, BMC-engined Formula Junior cars in the early 1960s, was called upon to tune the beloved Mini.''

''The first Mini-Cooper had a 997 cc, 55-hp version of the little BMC four-banger, and disc brakes were fitted inside of its ten-inch front wheels. But that was just the starting point. More power was extracted from the 1-liter engine, and then it was bored out to 1071 cc, with 67 hp. The ultimate Mini was the 1275 cc Cooper S. In stock trim, with twin SU carburetors, it had 76 hp at 5800 rpm, and 79 lb-ft of torque at 3000 rpm. In full race trim, somewhat more could be found. The rubber springs were replaced with "Hydrolastic" hydraulic units. With around 100 hp in a 1400-lb car, prepared 1275 S Mini-Coopers were the terrors of small-displacement sedan racing, and very successful in rallying as well.''

Acquisition
This car can be purchased from the two-in-one Mini/MG dealer's Special section for 500K Credits & can be sold for 125K Credits.

It's also an unlockable Arcade Mode car: it can be unlocked for use in that mode after winning a race at Red Rock Valley Speedway on at least Normal difficulty.

Trivia

 * When this car is displayed in the two-in-one Mini & MG dealer, it is incorrectly depicted as having 73 hp; when viewed in the Home Garage after being bought, however, it will display the correct 239 hp.