Cute and cuddly or an overgrown pastiche; the MINI has sparked controversy since day one.
Whatever one's opinion is of BMW's baby, the MINI has Rover blood in it, and sure as eggs are eggs, if John Towers had managed to secure it from BMW, the traditionalists would be looking at it in a different way today...

MINI One entry level model...

MINI Cooper...

The 160bhp Superscharged MINI Cooper S...

2004's addition to the range, the MINI Cabriolet...

MINI Cooper in its most striking colour...
Press photos sourced from the excellent MINI2 web site.