The Mini is a small economy car made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC), based in the English city of Birmingham, and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s. Its space saving transverse engine front wheel drive layout, allowing 80 percent of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage, influenced a generation of car makers. Issigonis' friend John Cooper, owner of the Cooper Car Company and designer and builder of Formula One and rally cars, saw the potential of the Mini for competition. Issigonis was initially reluctant to see the Mini in the role of a performance car, but after John Cooper appealed to BMC management, the two men collaborated to create the Mini Cooper.
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