The first Mini prototype of 1959 did not arrive with fanfare or a manifesto about changing the car industry. It appeared as a ...

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 ...

Mini will be kicking off production in the Netherlands, a country that hasn’t built a Mini-badged machine since 1966. In honor of this event, BMW Group Classic, the team responsible for all the cars ...