The Mini was very highly praised in the press at its introduction, but sales didn't really start to take off until some Londoners who just had places to be found that it worked a lot better than their Bentleys for that. It also worked well for all the fashion industry folks. Ringo had a custom hatchback to haul his drum kit. Then they went to Monte Carlo, rapidly. All the "poor" stigma was quickly stripped away.
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There is no excuse for a land vehicle to weigh more than its average payload.
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