TESTED 29.6.21, OXFORDSHIRE ON SALE EARLY 2022
DBA MINI REMASTERED OSELLI EDITION
Oxfordshire firm introduces sporty version of its charming classic Mini restomod
TESTER’S NOTE
You don’t have to have the roll-cage: rear seats are available instead. So too is a supplementary fuel tank to increase the range. MP
David Brown Automotive’s re-engineering of the classic Mini is a thing of loveliness, if as well as some cost. But it’s more at home in Knightsbridge than it is on a twisting B-road, which is a balance that this new limited-to-60 Oselli Edition, named for the famed tuner that supplies its tweaked 1450cc A-series engine, is meant to shift.
The basics are the same as with other ‘remastered’ Minis, in that a donor car is given a new shell (which comes supplied to original specification and is then deseamed, coated and basically sorted out) before having the 125bhp motor installed, to drive via a five-speed gearbox and limited-slip differential.