“Growing up, MINIs always felt iconically British to me,” says Dean Blackstock from his home in East Peckham, Kent. “As well as seeing them in films like The Italian Job, my mum owned a little black MINI, so I just knew I’d eventually own one myself.”
Three years ago, Blackstock’s MINI ambitions came to fruition when he bought a sleek silver MINI Clubman Cooper S. “It’s fun and nippy, but also big enough to ferry my three children to school and to do the family shop,” says Blackstock, 44. “It’s nice to be part of the MINI community – whenever I see another Clubman I always give the driver a little nod of recognition.”
