If British Leyland had a pound for every Mini reboot, they’d still be in business! Ever since it burst on the scene in 1959, designers have been trying to reimagine it for a new era. In the process their failure had made the shape of the original Mini a British cultural icon, like the red telephone box, The Beatles or England losing to Germany at football! So why did it take 41 years until we got a new Mini, when it would seem to make sense to keep updating a car that was selling so well? To find out MUCH more about these cars, I HIGHLY recommend: https://www.aronline.co.uk/ Michael McIntee YouTube Channel (Mini crushing video): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDIPsk87a6D3QqS0DeAUMPA If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month: http://patreon.com/bigcar Support me using Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car merch: null Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigcartv My second channel - Little Car: null Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_concept_cars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini https://www.aronline.co.uk/facts-and-figures/carrozzeria-designs/blog-mystery-pininfarina-mini/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Issigonis https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/concepts-bmc-9x/ https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/supermini-projects-a-new-mini-1968-74/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Haynes_(designer) https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/mini/clubman/ado20-development-story/ https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/supermini-projects-ado74/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocenti_Mini https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/innocenti/mini-90-120/ http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-29/index.html https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/mini/mini-convertibles/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Hatch https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/bmw-mini/mini-2/r50-development-story/ https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/bmw-mini/concepts-prototypes-mini-spiritual-spiritual/ https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/bmw-mini/concepts-prototypes-mini-acv-30/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather https://www.aronline.co.uk/the-converters/william-towns/minissima/ #bigcar