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Currently the MINI gets its gasoline engines from a BMW-DaimlerChrysler plant in Brazil and its diesels are supplied by Toyota from Japan. The specs for the new engines have not yet been released ...

It was built in response to the Suez Canal crisis of the mid-50s, which had a similar effect on British gas prices ... classic Mini owners have been dropping Honda engines under the tiny hoods ...