The MINI is a small economy car produced by the English-based British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered an icon of 1960s British popular culture. The Mini (marque), which includes a number of different models which were  produced by BMW since 2000. A number of different models have cars with the “Mini Cooper” title, including the Mini Hatch, the Mini Clubman, the Mini Countryman, the Mini Coupé, the Mini Roadster, and the Mini Paceman.