Editor’s Note: We love scouring the internet for reasons to spend money we don’t have on cars we daydream about owning, and these are our picks this week. All prices listed are bid amounts at the time of publishing.
Now that the majority of the world’s population lives in cities, billions of dollars have been invested in figuring out and building ways to efficiently get us urbanites from point A to point B within our concrete jungles. Car companies like Chevy, Honda and Toyota seem to come up with new, futuristic city cars every other week. Million-dollar design briefs basically boil down to, “Make a small car with a small engine; it has to be easy to park and good gas mileage is a must.” So if that’s the case, don’t bother with whatever the car companies are pedaling this season; these four vintage cars are already perfectly suited for city life.
1967 Morris Mini Cooper S MK I
What we like: The beauty of the original Mini is that it’s a true exercise in beautiful mechanical engineering. It’s so compact that the weld seams had to be on the outside of the car because workers couldn’t actually fit in the car along with their welding equipment during the build process. The car is so compact you could probably pull into a parking space perpendicular to the curb and still not stick out further than the surrounding cars.
From the seller: This 1967 Morris Mini Cooper S MK I retains its numbers-matching 1275cc engine and a four-speed synchromesh manual, both rebuilt in June 2016 by Heritage Garage in Costa Mesa, California, at a cost of over $8K. Sold new in Germany, this Mini was imported to the U.S. in the late 1960s.
Mileage: 12,600 (TMU)
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
