But while the Beetle and the PT Cruiser did well for their respective carmakers, they didn't manage to prevail, let alone become their own brand like BMW's MINI, which went from a single model to ...

After a brief period from 2000-2005 where Rover Group seemed to be falling apart, BMW retained the rights to the Mini brand and refocused its efforts to build a new generation of Mini models.

In this post, we’ll provide a brief backgrounder on the MINI brand, how it fell into BMW’s possession and where it builds its cars today. If you’ve ever wondered how the familiar bug-eyed ...

BMW, the owner of the Mini brand, said it had agreed an outline deal ... BMW already has a joint venture with Brilliance Auto to build BMW-branded cars in China. As well as two plants assembling ...

But does that leave the Convertible without a place in the brand's ever-expanding lineup? When we first drove the Mini Roadster barely a month ago, we couldn't help but feel that it had ...