Mini (make of car)

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MINI
MINI logo.svg

owner BMW AG (since 1994)
Introductory year 1959/1970
Products Automobiles
Markets worldwide
Website www.mini.de
Mini (1959-2000)
Mini (from 2001)

Mini (spelling since 2001: MINI ) is a British car brand. The brand has been part of the German BMW Group since 1994 .

prehistory

The British Motor Corporation introduced the 1959 car model Mini under the brand Austin as Austin Seven and Morris as Morris Mini Minor on the market.

Brand history

The British Leyland Motor Corporation, the successor company of the British Motor Corporation, decided to sell the Mini model under its own brand from 1970. Production of this model did not end until 2000.

A year after Rover was sold , the BMW Group presented a new mini model .

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1041-1042. (English)

Web links

Commons : Mini  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : BMW Mini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1041-1042. (English)
  2. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on October 18, 2015)
  3. ↑ opencorporates.com (accessed October 18, 2015)
  4. ↑ A new life for the Mini, bbc.co.uk (accessed October 3, 2019)