Mini: possible platform Saab in the future?

According to what reported by Autocar, Mini would be planning to adopt the model that will be of his car icon, the platform of a compact house of Saab. Autocar has ever mentioned the anonymous sources that confirm the veracity of the news, it seems that the Swedish manufacturer will at all costs to bring a small part of himself on the German and Anglo-wheel would be planning a bid that would be put under consideration by BMW.