I hate

modern mini coopers

This is all the detail we needed

But how would we know who used to own the company without them?!?

See also the 'plug' hubcaps on the electric version.

agreed, they should be poppies instead

They are flying the flag in another way too: They are one of the most unreliable cars you can buy, therefore upholding the tradition of poor workmanship and general couldntgiveashitness that has been the hallmark of post-British Motor Company production since the seventies.