Well I'm pleased the original/classic/real Mini wasn't mentioned as that is definitely not too small to drive.

I should know as I'm about 5 foot 11 and yet I've owned my current Mini Cooper for 16 years and it's about to go around the clock.

Fantastic little cars and if they didn't rust in the lousy UK climate, then they'd be perfect: -

http://minis.freeservers.com/

http://www.myspace.com/taffy1967

Here's a recent video of my 1990 Mini Cooper doing over 100mph on a rolling road: -