minis were so popular because there so small and cute and sometimes not to expensive to buy but my friend adores them they are just perfect even the clours are!

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The Mini is a small Automobilethat was produced by the British_Motor_Corporation(BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s,Answers.comAnswers.comAnswers.comand its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout (that allowed 80% of the area of the car's Floorpanto be used for passengers and luggage) influenced a generation of car-makers.Answers.comThe vehicle is in some ways considered the British equivalent to its German contemporary, the Volkswagen_Beetle, which enjoyed similar popularity in North America. In 1999 the Mini was voted the second most influential Car_of_the_Century, behind the Ford_Model_T.

This distinctive two-door car was designed for BMC by Sir_Alec_Issigonis.Answers.comAnswers.comIt was manufactured at the Longbridge_plantand Cowley,_Oxfordshireplants in England, the 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. The Mini Mark_I_Minihad three major UK updates: the Mark II, the Clubman and the Mark III. Within these was a series of variations including an Estate_car, a Pickup_truck, a Vanand the Mini_Moke-aJeep-likebuggy. The Mini Cooper and Cooper "S" were sportier versions that were successful as Rally_car, winning the Rallye_Automobile_Monte_Carlofour times from 1964 through to 1967, although in 1966 the Mini was disqualified after the finish, along with six other British entrants, which included the first four cars to finish, under a questionable ruling that the cars had used an illegal combination of headlamps and spotlights.Answers.comInitially Minis were marketed under the Austin_Motor_Companyand Morris_Motor_Companynames, as the Austin Seven and Morris Mini Minor, until Mini became a Marquein its own right in 1969.Answers.comThe Mini was again marketed under the Austin name in the 1980s.