WI - BMW without MINI

How would BMW have developed up to the present in an ATL, where for whatever reason (successful BMC / Leyland, Rover merged with Honda, etc) it never acquired Rover in 1994 and with it the MINI brand?

Aside from a version of the 1993 BMW Z13 concept entering production (that in OTL was very close to production before BMW bought Rover) or more BMW Compact variants including a 5-door hatchback (that was looked into in the same period), what else would be different for BMW?

Would an ATL BMW have eventually been swallowed up by a bigger carmaker (Ford, Volkswagen, etc) or would they have sought other carmakers to acquire in order to expand and survive?

BMW Z13 - http://www.bimmer-mag.com/issues/98/articles/opportunity-missed#.VkD9q5FDJbg / http://ranwhenparked.net/2014/06/25/a-look-at-the-1993-bmw-z13-concept/

BMW Compact 5-door rendering by Theophilus Chin - http://www.theophiluschin.com/?p=5740
 
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