whoa, where's JennB when you need her?! BMW purchased Mini in 2001 and owned it since. You want a Mini,you go to the BMW dealership...


MK I Mini 2001-2006
The "Mk I" MINI One, Cooper and Cooper S used a Brazilian-built Chrysler joint-venture engine, Tritec* engine, while the MINI One D used a Toyota-built diesel engine. In August 2006, BMW announced that engines would in future be built in the UK, making the car essentially British-built again, with final assembly at Cowley and the body pressings being made in nearby Swindon at BMW's Swindon Pressings Ltd subsidiary..."

*Tritec engine... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritec_engine


Mk II Mini 2007+
"The later "Mk II" MINI (or R56) uses the BMW-PSA 1.4/1.6 Prince 4 cylinder engine. The naturally-aspirated (non-turbo) versions of this engine use a system known as VALVETRONIC to control valves for optimum performance and/or efficiency. This MINI uses a drivetrain architecture based on that of the Peugeot 207 and the second generation Citroën C3."