Economical with the rules?

SIR,

Re “The Italian Job” — Stuart Turner is reported as saying “you know, we have slaved to trim every gramme of weight out of this Mini”.

Were not the Monte Minis required to be, and advertised to be, bog-standard production cars?

I AM, YOURS, ETC,

JOHN HiNCHLIFFE, PYCHURCH, ROMNEY MARSH.