Minicooper is a brand or a model?

• freakass

  30 Dec 07, 23:15

  Hi guys, is Minicooper a brand or a model?
  
  I suppose it's a brand, but for a brand, it has quite a limited choice of car models available eh? Or is it a subsidiary brand of a bigger brand?
• shobogen

  30 Dec 07, 23:19

  mini is the brand
  
  cooper is the model
• Ferrari_RoXz

  30 Dec 07, 23:37

  Mini copper is currently owned by BMW. It was bought over from a British company Leyland (i think).
• freakass

  30 Dec 07, 23:39

  Ok... Thanks for the replies... So the conclusion is:-
  
  - Mini is the brand
  - Cooper is the model
  - Mini is currently owned by BMW
• silver fish

  31 Dec 07, 00:22

  long ago tat minicooper so damn small. now the minicooper quite big.
• nOrmalbOi

  31 Dec 07, 00:26

  Yea. It's not quite Mini anymore
  
  
• veron soh

  31 Dec 07, 07:37

  Originally posted by Ferrari_RoXz:

  Mini copper is currently owned by BMW. It was bought over from a British company Leyland (i think).

  Not Leyland,it is MG-Rover.
• Ferrari_RoXz

  31 Dec 07, 10:26

  Originally posted by veron soh:

  Not Leyland,it is MG-Rover.

  Okie, my bad. Not familar with Minis. Esp the old one.
• JJxJJ

  31 Dec 07, 14:10

  Originally posted by Ferrari_RoXz:

  Okie, my bad. Not familar with Minis. Esp the old one.

  thats why the old school ones are Morris Minis..Morris Mini Clubman
• Exige60

  1 Jan 08, 11:21

  Owner: BMW
  Brand: Mini
  Models: One, Cooper, Cooper S, Cooper Cabrio, Cooper S Cabrio, Cooper D,
  Clubman, Moke (Upcoming)