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HIP TO BE SQUARE

The Mini was one of the most prominent success stories of the 1960s, but profit was much harder to quantify. Whether the Mini made any has long been debated, but like any business, there was always a desire for more – and the Mini Clubman would be one of the avenues explored.

To help in its quest, BMC – by then known as British Motor Holdings – managed to poach Ford’s Product Planner and Stylist Roy Haynes. For the Mini, his brief was to produce a restyled

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