It is not much bigger than the original Mini, has an unusual cantilevered door design and an carbon spaceframe construction.

The Renault 5 achieved, like the original Mini, a cult status.

A notable example is the original Mini.

Because, not to put too fine a point on it, this car rips off the original Mini in its proportions.

The popularity of the original Mini spawned many models that targeted different markets.

The original two-door Mini continued in production until 2000.

It was at around this time that Rover, too, was working on a successor to the original Mini.

It's tall and bluff, all visual vestiges of the original Mini gone.

The original Mini is 50 years old this year.

It is easy to forget how small the original Mini was - a full 2 feet shorter than its current embodiment.