Austin Cooper Manual' title='Austin Cooper Manual' />International distributor of parts, supplies, accessories for Austin and Morris cars. British Motor Heritage AustinMorris supplier. BMC autos Minis all, Morris. Mini marque Wikipedia. Mini stylised as MINI1 is an English automotive marque specialised in small cars, founded in 1. BMW since 1. 99. 4. The original Mini was a line of iconic British small cars manufactured by the British Motor Corporation, and its successors, from 1. Their models included the Morris Mini Minor and the Austin Seven, the Countryman, Moke, 1. GT and Clubman. 4 Performance versions of these models used the name Cooper, due to a partnership with racing legend John Cooper. Nero 7 Windows 7 64 Bit there. The original two door Mini continued in production until 2. JPG' alt='Austin Cooper Manual' title='Austin Cooper Manual' />Development of a successor began in 1. The current Mini range includes the HardtopHatchConvertible three door hatchback, Clubman estate, Countryman five door crossover, CoupeRoadster and Paceman three door crossover based on the Countryman. The Mini was originally a product of the British Motor Corporation, which in 1. British Motor Holdings. British Motor Holdings merged with Leyland Motors in 1. British Leyland. 4 Mini became a marque in its own right in 1. In the 1. 98. 0s, British Leyland was broken up and in 1. Rover Group, including Mini, was acquired by British Aerospace. In 1. Rover Group was acquired by BMW. Austin Cooper Manual' title='Austin Cooper Manual' />Austin Auto Brokers, Austin Texas, Certified PreOwned Cars, auto dealer, certified bmw, certified preowned bmw, BMW, certified Lexus, certified preowned lexus. Classic Mini Cooper Performance, Accessories and Tunner Parts. We Also carry a full line of ASeries Parts for your Morris, Sprite or Spridget. 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The Mini HatchHardtop, Clubman, Convertible, Coupe and Roadster are assembled at BMWs Plant Oxford in Cowley, England,8 and the Countryman and Paceman are assembled by Magna Steyr in Austria. A total of 3. Mini vehicles were sold worldwide in 2. Mini vehicles have been active in rallying and the Mini Cooper S won the Monte Carlo Rally on three occasions, in 1. Mini has participated in the World Rally Championship since 2. Prodrive WRC Team. In April 2. 01. 3, Peter Schwarzenbauer became new Mini marques managing director, succeeding Jochen Goller1. History. 19. 59 to 1. The original two door Mini was a small car produced by the British Motor Corporation BMC and its successors from 1. It is considered an icon of the 1. The vehicle is in some ways considered the British equivalent to its German contemporary, the Volkswagen Beetle, which enjoyed similar popularity in North America. In 1. 99. 9 the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 2. Century, behind the Ford Model T. This distinctive two door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis. It was manufactured at the Longbridge and Cowley plants 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 had 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 van and the Mini Mokea jeep like buggy. The Mini Cooper and Cooper S were sportier versions that were successful as rally cars, winning the Monte Carlo Rally four times from 1. 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. Initially Minis were marketed under the Austin and Morris names, as the Austin Seven and Morris Mini Minor, until Mini became a marque in its own right in 1. The Mini was again marketed under the Austin name in the 1. In the 1. 99. 0s, BMW was seeking to broaden its model range through the addition of compact cars and SUVs. This sparked a series of compact car concept vehicles from the company during the early 1. The first were the E1 and Z1. BMW motorcycle engine, respectively. In early 1. BMW acquired the Rover Group from British Aerospace, which owned Mini, among other brands. BMW insisted that even a compact model must feature iconic BMW characteristics such as rear wheel drive to uphold the companys standards and image. The MINI brand, however, did not share these standards and BMW saw this as an opportunity to create a competitively priced, yet premium, compact car. This formed BMWs plan to launch the premium BMW 1 Series and the mid range Mini. It was at around this time that Rover, too, was working on a successor to the original Mini. Its first concept was the ACV3. Monte Carlo Rally. The name was partially an acronym of Anniversary Concept Vehicle, whilst the 3. Scp Server Ds4. Mini first won the Monte Carlo Rally. The vehicle itself was a two door coupe powered by a rear mounted MG F engine. Just months later, Rover released another concept, this time, a pair of vehicles called Spiritual and Spiritual Too. These vehicles were a more realistic attempt to create a modern Mini, and coincided with BMWs official creation of the Mini project. Although the two door and four door pair wore Mini badges, both vehicles remained purely concepts. In 1. BMW set out on creating the production Mini. The first aspect that was considered was the design, which was chosen from 1. Five of these designs came from BMW Germany, another five from BMW Designworks in California, four from Rover and one from an outside studio in Italy. The chosen design was from BMW Designworks and was designed by American designer, Frank Stephenson. Stephenson penned the new Mini One R5. Mini Cooper leading the team which developed the E5. Munich parallel development in England by the team at Rover having been dropped in 1. This design, being a city car, also fitted into BMWs plan of two compact cars, leaving the supermini class for the BMW 1 Series. After the launch of the new Mini, Stephenson told automotive magazine Autocar 1We wanted the first impression when you walk up to the car to be it could only be a Mini Frank Stephenson12. The last Mark VII Mini, and the 5,3. Mini to be produced, a red Cooper Sport, was built at the Longbridge plant in October 2. The car was driven off the production line by the pop singer Lulu, and was subsequently housed at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, alongside the first Mini Mark I ever made. The new generation Mini HatchHardtop went on sale in July 2. In February 2. 00. BMW announced an investment of 1. Mini plant in Oxford, United Kingdom, creating 2. At the North American International Auto Show in January 2. BMW announced that it would be extending the Mini range with the launch of two new two door sports crossover vehicles based on the Mini Paceman concept car, with a coupe version planned to enter production in 2. In June 2. 01. 1, BMW announced an investment of 5. UK over the subsequent three years as part of an expansion of the Mini range to seven models. Production models. Mini Mark I 1. 95. A 1. 96. 3 Austin Mini Super Deluxe. Launched in August 1. Mark 1 Mini code name ADO 1. Austin Seven and Morris Mini Minor. Mark I Minis can be identified by exterior door hinges, sliding door glass, tail lights smaller than later cars and a mustache grille. The A series engine came in a wide range of capacities, initially as an 8. The non Cooper cars had gearboxes with the magic wand selector, with 4 speeds no synchromesh on 1st while the Coopers has a remote shift selector. An automatic, 4 speed transmission was introduced in 1. In 1. 96. 0, a 2 seater van was launched, along with an estate, both sharing a longer wheelbase In 1. Mini Mark II 1. 96. The Mini received some minor modifications in 1. Austin or Morris Mini in most markets. Mini Mark III Mark VII 1.