This week's most-loved spot is proof that you don't need a million-dollar hypercar to win the room. While pricier, flashier machinery was out being spotted too, the car Carva spotters fell hardest for was a tiny 1959 Mini Cooper — wrapped head to toe in the unmistakable red-and-white of Marlboro racing livery — caught in a Tallinn car park by @DenV.
The classic Mini is one of those rare cars that's far bigger than its size. Penned by Alec Issigonis and launched in 1959, it turned the industry on its head: a transverse engine driving the front wheels freed up almost the entire body for people, making something barely three metres long genuinely usable. More than five million were built before production finally ended in 2000, and along the way the Cooper versions became giant-killers — humbling far more powerful machinery on the Monte Carlo Rally and becoming a pop-culture icon in the process.
Then there's that livery. The Marlboro red-and-white is one of the most recognisable schemes in motorsport history, and seeing it draped over a pint-sized Mini instead of a Formula 1 car is exactly the kind of cheeky, lovingly-done detail that makes a spot stand out. It's a cult classic wearing cult-classic colours.
And that's the whole point of Spot of the Week. The Mini wasn't the rarest or most expensive car of the last seven days — it just made people smile, and the likes followed. Keep your eyes open and your camera ready: next week's crown is still up for grabs.