Gift Set including a 64-page illustrated paperback book with 72-minute DVD 50 Years of Mini in a large-format cardboard slipcase. Voted the second most influential car of the 20th century after the Model T Ford in 1999 - as Sir Alec Issigonis' classic design of 1959 inevitably became known - was a car that helped define an era. This is the story of the Mini and MINI in its various guises throughout its fascinating history illustrated with archive advertising material and photographs.