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I had a 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite. Great little car. Later Sprites were also sold as MG Midgets. The original Mini and Mini Cooper were Austins, all part of British Leyland.
The breal-up of British Leyland has lead to a few interesting situations. As you note BMW owns the Mini name. They also own the Rolls-Royce name. VW owns the rest of Rolls, but not the name. That's why we're seeing a push to the Bentley name, which VW does own.
David
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