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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Mini (marque) page on 27 July 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Mini (stylised as MINI) is a British automotive marque owned by BMW which specialises in small cars.
The original Mini was a line of iconic British small cars manufactured by the British Motor Corporation from 1959 until 2000. Its models included the Morris Mini-Minor and the Austin Seven, the Countryman, Moke, 1275GT and Clubman. Performance versions of these models used the name Cooper, due to a partnership with racing legend John Cooper. The original two-door Mini continued in production until 2000. Development of a successor began in 1995 and the new generation car was launched in 2001. The current Mini range includes the Hardtop/Hatch/Convertible (three-door hatchback), Clubman (estate), Countryman (five-door crossover), Coupe/Roadster and Paceman (three-door crossover based on the Countryman).
The Mini was originally a product of the British Motor Corporation, which in 1966 became part of British Motor Holdings. British Motor Holdings merged with Leyland Motors in 1968 to form British Leyland. Mini became a marque in its own right in 1969. In the 1980s, British Leyland was broken-up and in 1988 Rover Group, including Mini, was acquired by British Aerospace. In 1994, Rover Group was acquired by BMW. In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW, with BMW retaining the Mini brand. Jochen Goller of BMW currently serves as the managing director of the Mini division.
The Mini Hatch/Hardtop, Clubman, Convertible, Coupe and Roadster are assembled at BMW's Plant Oxford in Cowley, England, and the Countryman and Paceman are assembled by Magna Steyr in Austria. A total of 301,526 Mini vehicles were sold worldwide in 2012. Mini vehicles have been active in rallying and the Mini Cooper S won the Monte Carlo Rally on three occasions, in 1964, 1965 and 1967. Mini has participated in the World Rally Championship since 2011 through the Prodrive WRC Team.
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 17 August 2002 | MINIUSA Division of BMW of North America Selects Reynolds and Reynolds Automark Web Services | Reynolds and Reynolds |
| 11 October 2003 | TI AUTOMOTIVE USES INNOVATIVE PROCESS IN FLUID LINES FOR NEW VEHICLE | TI Automotive |
| 23 April 2007 | Special Announcement! | White Roof Radio |
| 10 July 2008 | Kehrtwende bei BMW: Elektro-Mini soll getestet werden  | Wikinews |
| 5 May 2009 | Mighty MINI, The | Ronnie Tanner |
| 9 July 2012 | BMW pours £250m into the UK  | Matt Hubbard, Speedmonkey |
| 6 June 2013 | The Mini congratulates the Porsche 911 on its 50th birthday | Matt Hubbard, Speedmonkey |
| 26 March 2015 | BMW of North America, LLC; Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment | Federal Register: Federal Trade Commission (Donald S. Clark) |
| 18 January 2017 | BMW Group of America, LLC, Incorporated, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance | Federal Register: NHTSA (Jeffrey M. Giuseppe) |
| Robert Soundseeing the MINI DNA Party April 18, 2007 Duration: 23:31  It’s been a long time coming, but here is the first of 3 new soundseeing tours that Robert has sent in! He hangs out at the MINI DNA Party in Toronto with his Wife and co-host of his other podcast. Sounds like a great time! And check out these cool new roof graphics. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Download White Roof Radio Robert Soundseeing the MINI DNA Party in MP3 format from WhiteRoofRadio.com Go to the White Roof Radio Robert Soundseeing the MINI DNA Party page at WhiteRoofRadio.com |