No MINI Minor

Automobile Magazine discounts all of the reports of a BMW-Toyota plan to market a Rocketman as a MINI Minor based on a BMW Board Member's direct statement. It reports, in relevant part:

Mini does not currently plan to launch a smaller model below the Cooper, potentially called the Minor, BMW board member for Mini Peter Schwarzenbauer told Automotive News. "I don’t see a smaller car than the current one," he said.