Mini Leasing services are available for personal contract hire and business lease. We have fantastic rates on Mini lease cars. For more prices on Mini leasing please select a car leasing quote. The British Motor Corporation first designed and built the original prototype Mini in 1957 which was fondly named "The Orange Box" due to its colour. The Mark I Mini's official press release was in April 1959 when production started, building several thousand cars ready for the first Mini sales in August that year. The Mini is considered an icon of the 1960s and has influenced many car manufacturers over the years with its front-wheel-drive design that allowed 80% of the car's interior space to be used for passengers and luggage.

If you would like a small but eco friendly car, then a Mini on contract hire could be a good personal choice. For all enquiries on Mini car contract hire and Mini car leases please request a quote. The Mini was in many ways thought of as Britain's version of its German equivalent the Volkswagen Beetle, both of which became popular in North America. During 1999 the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20th Century, after the Ford Model T. The Mini Mark I had three major UK developments which were the Mini Mark II, the Mini Clubman and the Mini Mark III which included an estate car, a van, a pickup truck, and the jeep-styled buggy known as the Mini Moke. The sportier versions of the Mini Cooper and Cooper "S" had great success as rally cars, winning the Monte Carlo Rally four times from 1964 to 1967, even though in 1966 the Mini was disqualified after the finish, together with six British competitors, which involved the first four cars to finish, under a dubious ruling that the cars had used a prohibited combination of spotlights and headlamps.