Mini
Sign in to saveThe Mini is a two-door, four-seat small car produced for four decades over a single generation, with many names and variants, by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors British Leyland and the Rover Group, and finally (briefly) under BMW ownership. Minis were built as fastbacks, estates, convertibles, and various other body styles. Minus a brief 1990s hiatus, from 1959 into 2000, an estimated 5.38 million of all variations combined were built, and the Mini's engines also powered another 2 million Mini Metros, though the Mini eventually outlasted its successor.
Key facts
- Automobile.sp
- uk
- Automobile.image
- Mini Clubman 1980.JPG
- Automobile.caption
- 1980 Mini Clubman
- Automobile.name
- Mk VII
- Automobile.layout
- FF layout
- Automobile.manufacturer
- British Leyland Ltd.
- Automobile.production
- 1969–1980
- Automobile.class
- City car (A)
- Automobile.engine
- I4
- Automobile.designer
- Sir Alec Issigonis
- Automobile.width
- up to with widest 'sportspack' factory wheel-arches
- Automobile.assembly
- United Kingdom: Longbridge, Birmingham (Longbridge plant)
- Automobile.predecessor
- Mark II
- Automobile.successor
- Mark IV
- Automobile.platform
- ADO20
- Automobile.transmission
- 4-speed manual
- Automobile.wheelbase
- 2.04 m
- Automobile.length
- saloon: estate:
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Article
38 sectionsContents
- Design and development
- Mark I: 1959–1967
- Mark II: 1967–1970
- Mark III: 1969–1976
- Mark IV: 1976–1983
- Mark V: 1984–1990
- Mark VI: 1990–1996
- Mark VII: 1996–2000
- Variants
- Wolseley Hornet and Riley Elf (1961–1969)
- {{anchor|Traveller|Countryman}} Morris Mini Traveller and Austin Mini Countryman (1960–1969)
- Mini Van (1960–1983){{anchor|Mini_Van}}
- Mini Moke (1964–1989)
- Mini Pick-up (1961–1983)
- Morris Mini K (March 1969 – August 1971, Australia only)
- Mini Beach (1961–1962)
- {{anchor|Clubman}}Mini Clubman and 1275 GT: 1969–1980
- Australia {{anchor|clubman_australia}}
- End of production
- Timeline
- Limited editions
- Concepts and unproduced prototypes
- Kit cars and customisation
- Motorsport
- International Rally victories
- British Saloon Car Championship titles
- European Touring Car Championship titles
- Australian endurance racing class wins
- Awards
- Sales
- United States and Canada
- Safety record
- 50th anniversary
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Mini is a two-door, four-seat small car produced for four decades over a single generation, with many names and variants, by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors British Leyland and the Rover Group, and finally (briefly) under BMW ownership. Minis were built as fastbacks, estates, convertibles, and various other body styles. Minus a brief 1990s hiatus, from 1959 into 2000, an estimated 5.38 million of all variations combined were built, and the Mini's engines also powered another 2 million Mini Metros, though the Mini eventually outlasted its successor.
Initially, the Mini was marketed under the Austin and Morris names, as the Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor; the Austin Seven was renamed Austin Mini in 1962 and Mini became a marque in its own right in 1969. Retrospectively, the car is known as the "Classic Mini" to distinguish it from the modern MINI family of vehicles produced since 2001 by German carmaker BMW, who took ownership of the Mini name following the sale of Rover Group in 2000.