As Sir Kenneth Branagh has said to me on many occasions: “Col, you can’t beat a bit of theatre in a car.” As we all know, there are few bad cars on sale now when it comes to mechanics, so styling is crucially important.
Not just styling, but clever and interesting features that make a car a little bit more special.
Few affordable family cars are as special as the current Mini. It’s just full of interesting details, from its larger circular infotainment screen in the centre of its dashboard to the wonderful switches that look as though they’ve been removed from a Lancaster bomber. Gimmicky perhaps, but it works for me.
