25 Mini facts as ‘new’ model marks 25 years of production – and gets a robot dog to celebrate

MEET Fido – Mini’s first robot dog. He can sit, roll on to his side, spin round and even climb stairs. But he’s a working dog, really, using all sorts of hi-tech sensors to check vital machinery at the Oxford plant. Fido is short for Facilities Inspection Dog Oxford. Clever. But I’d have gone for...