Q:Information: - The Mini is a small economy car made by the British Motor Corporation ( BMC ) 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 . In 1999 the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20th century , behind the Ford Model T , and ahead of the Citroen DS and Volkswagen Beetle . This distinctive two - door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis . It was manufactured at the Longbridge and Cowley plants in England , the Victoria Park / Zetland British Motor Corporation ( Australia ) factory in Sydney , Australia , and later also in Spain ( Authi ) , Belgium , Chile , Italy ( Innocenti ) , Malta , Portugal , South Africa , Uruguay , Venezuela and Yugoslavia . The Mini Mark I had three major UK updates -- the Mark II , the Clubman and the Mark III. Within these was a series of variations , including an estate car , a pick - up truck , a van and the Mini Moke -- a jeep - like buggy . The performance versions , the Mini Cooper and Cooper '' S , '' were successful as rally cars , winning the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964 , 1965 and 1967 . In 1966 , the first - placed Mini was disqualified after the finish , under a controversial decision that the car 's headlights were against the rules . On introduction in August 1959 the Mini was marketed under the Austin and Morris names , as the Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor . The Austin Seven was renamed Austin Mini in January 1962 and Mini became a marque in its own right in 1969 . In 1980 it once again became the Austin Mini and in 1988 the Rover Mini . BMW acquired the Rover Group ( formerly British Leyland ) in 1994 , and sold the greater part of it in 2000 , but retained the rights to build cars using the MINI name . - The Volkswagen Beetle (officially the Volkswagen Type 1, informally in Germany the Volkswagen Kafer, in Poland the Volkswagen Garbus and in the U.S. the Volkswagen Bug) is a two-door, four passenger, rear-engine economy car manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003. - The McLaren F1 is a sports car designed and manufactured by McLaren Cars. Originally a concept conceived by Gordon Murray, he convinced Ron Dennis to back the project and engaged Peter Stevens to design the exterior and interior of the car. On 31 March 1998, the XP5 prototype set the record for the world's fastest production car, reaching with the rev limiter removed surpassing the reached with the XP3 prototype. The F1 surpassed the RUF CTR2's 217mph record from 1995, and also surpassed the XJ220's 213mph record from 1992. However, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 beat it in 2005 with a top speed of . - The floorpan is a large sheet metal stamping that often incorporates several smaller welded stampings to form the floor of a large vehicle and the position of its external and structural panels. In the case of monocoque designs, the floorpan is the most important metal part establishing the chassis, body, and thus the cars size. It serves as the foundation of most of the structural and mechanical components of a unibody automobile to which the powertrain, suspension system, and other parts are attached. - Gordon Murray (born 18 June 1946 in Durban, South Africa), is a designer of Formula One race cars and the McLaren F1 road car. - Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world. Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin. Other major cities include Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf. - A city car (also known as urban car or a mini) is a small car designed to be used primarily in urban areas and conurbations. - A chassis (US English , UK English ; plural: "chassis" or ) consists of an internal vehicle frame that supports a manmade object in its construction and use, can also provide protection for some internal parts. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame (on which the body is mounted). If the running gear such as wheels and transmission, and sometimes even the driver's seat, are included, then the assembly is described as a rolling chassis. - The Citroen DS is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive executive car manufactured and marketed by the French company Citroen from 1955 to 1975 in sedan, wagon/estate and convertible body configurations. Italian sculptor and industrial designer Flaminio Bertoni and the French aeronautical engineer Andre Lefebvre styled and engineered the car. Paul Mages developed the hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension. - A vehicle (from ) is a mobile machine that transports people or cargo. Typical vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), aircraft and spacecraft. - Executive car is a British term for an automobile larger than a large family car. In official use, the term is adopted by Euro NCAP, a European organization founded to test car safety. - An economy car is an automobile that is designed for low cost purchase and operation. Typical economy cars are small (compact or subcompact), lightweight, and inexpensive to buy. Economy car designers are forced by stringent design constraints to be inventive. Many innovations in automobile design were originally developed for economy cars, such as the Ford Model T and the Austin Mini. Gordon Murray, the Formula 1 and Mclaren F1 designer, said when designing his new Murray T.25 city car: "I would say that building a car to sell for six thousand pounds and designing that for a high volume production, where you have all the quality issues under control is a hundred times more difficult than designing a Mclaren F1, or even a racing car. It is certainly the biggest challenge I've ever had from a design point of view." The alternative approach other than innovating to build a low cost car, is build a stripped down no frills version of a conventional car. What object entity has the relation of 'series' with the subject 'mini'? Choices: - cars - city car - driver - executive car - family car - populous
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city car