{"id":2204,"date":"2015-08-26T14:44:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T14:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2015-08-26T14:44:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T14:44:26","slug":"happy-birthday-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/happy-birthday-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Mini!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/uploads\/pages\/Evolution%20of%20the%20Mini.png\"><\/p>\n<h1>56 Years of Our Favourite Little Car<\/h1>\n<p>It might have been <a href=\"\/news\/its-our-birthday\/\">our Birthday yesterday<\/a>, but today the humble little Mini turns 56.<\/p>\n<p>On August 26th 1959 Sir Alexander Issigonis launched the very first Mini, and the small car industry changed on the spot.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Nolan-Mini-3.jpg\"><br \/><font size=\"2\"><i>A 1966 Mini Cooper I along side its Grandson from 2015<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Most of us have fond memories of the delightful simplicity of earlier models: everything feeling like a child&#8217;s toy, the funny little seats, the tiny <i>tiny<\/i> wheels. It&#8217;s a wonder anyone ever got anywhere&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RtWkewqIFDM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When production was stopped in 2000, however, over 5.3 million Minis had been built, and a panel of international journalists had voted it as European Car of the Century<\/p>\n<p>The Mini we know and still love today is produced by German giants BMW: all the charm and excitement of the original, with an indulgent and innovative interior.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Nolan-Mini-4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday, Mini. We salute you.<\/p>\n<p>We happen to have a special offer on Mini Coopers right now, <a href=\"\/page\/mini-leasing\/\">offering them on a fully maintained lease from as little as \u00a3144.99 + VAT per month &#8211; <strong>click here<\/strong> for details.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>56 Years of Our Favourite Little Car It might have been our Birthday yesterday, but today the humble little Mini turns 56. On August 26th 1959 Sir Alexander Issigonis launched the very first Mini, and the small car industry changed on the spot. 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