A solid investment by Mini

Get hold of the limited edition Mini John Cooper Works Challenge and you could be onto an investment winner, although there are compromises, writes Matt Robinson

The Mini John Cooper Works Challenge is designed to be a road car that’s supreme on track

A solid area for investment right now is the limited production high-performance automobile. But it doesn’t need to be a hyper-expensive supercar that proves to be a financially shrewd way to make a profit, as there are plenty of more attainable cars lower down the price spectrum that are equally worth a fiscal punt.

Stripped-out, minimal-build-numbers hatchbacks ...