Mini Copper History

Mini is a small car produced by British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. Original regarded as icons of the 1960s, and space-saving front-wheel drive layout (which allows 80% of the total area of the car floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage) influenced a generation of car-makers.The vehicles in some ways be considered English to German equivalent of the contemporary, the Volkswagen Beetle, which enjoyed similar popularity in North America. In 1999 Mini was elected the second most influential car of the 20th century, behind the Ford Model T.
This distinctive two-door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis. When it is produced in Longbridge and Cowley plants in the UK, Victoria Park / Zetland British Motor Corporation (Australia) factory in Sydney, Australia, and later also in Spain (Authi), Belgium, Chile, Italy (Innocenti), Portugal, South Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.
Mini Mark I had three major UK updates: Mark II, members of the club and Mark III. In this is a series of variations including estate cars, a pickup truck, van and the Mini Moke, a jeep-like buggy. Mini Cooper and Cooper "S" is a sportier version of the successful as rally cars, winning the Monte Carlo Rally four times from 1964 to 1967, although the 1966 Mini was disqualified after the finish, along with six other British settlers, which included the first four cars to finish , under the authorities in question that the car had been illegally using a combination of headlights and spotlights.
Minis originally marketed under the name of Austin and Morris, as the Austin Seven and Morris Mini Minor, until Mini became marque in its own right in 1969. Mini re-marketed under the name of Austin in the 1980s.

Mini production version shown to the press in April 1959, and in August several thousand cars had been produced ready for the first sale.