Sixty years ago, Alec Issigonis got to see for the first time his two-door small car rolling off the assembly lines of what was then the British Motor Corporation. Later known as the Mark I MINI, the ...

BMW is dead-set on making Mini an electrified brand. For months, the Germans have been teasing an all-electric concept that it continues to praise as an urban commuter. But more importantly is holding ...

Take a break from the dumpster fire that is 2018. This electric Mini will make you smile. Built as a show piece, the car features an electric powertrain in a restored 1959 Mini Cooper. Of course it’s ...

Happy birthday to the Mini! Sixty years ago today (August 26, 1959), the British Motor Corporation first showed its new compact car. Announced under two brands, as the Morris Mini-Minor and the Austin ...

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sixty years ago, driving changed forever. The year was 1959. The first Barbie Doll was introduced, The Twilight Zone premiered on television, the first American ...

In 1959 Mini changed the world. The Mini’s innovative design, the result of an inspired decision by chief engineer Alec Issigonis to mount its engine transversely across the front of the car and send ...

Using cardboard, rulers, glue, and pens, the two secretly built a cut-out of a 1959 Morris Mini Minor and stuffed it into the Countryman.Practical Classics saysthat originally, the pair wanted to ...