Mini Countryman MKII Tartan Red and of course the dreaded

and of course the dreaded British Leyland badge

This illustration shows the very first production mini – the morris mini-minor

they featured a 1275cc engine and a dashboard layout similar to the earlier 1275GT model

The Austin 7 was a small economy car produced from 1923 to 1939 by Austin in the UK and was nicknamed the Baby Austin

Mini Countryman MKII Tartan Red and of course the dreadedThe Mini was arguably the most influential British car of the 20th century. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis and launched in 1959, the mini was in production for over 40 years. In the wake of the Suez crisis in 1956, the market for German bubble cars increased dramatically but Leonard Lord, the head of the British Motor Corporation, hated them so much he laid down the basic specification for the Mini. Over the many years that the car was in production,