1961 Guardian 18 Oct. 13/4 The various derivatives of the BMC's mini-cars—the super minis, the Cooper minis, and now the Wolseley Hornet and the Riley Elf.

1962 Times 9 Oct. (Surv. Brit. Motor Car Industry Suppl.) 16/2 The Mini Cooper, with a 997 c.c. engine and 55 b.h.p., provides extra performance; the Super Mini has a more luxurious interior.

1984 Which? Oct. (Car Suppl.) 5/1 Popularly known as superminis, these cars are a size larger than the original BMC Mini and are typified by the Austin Metro.

1991 What Car? Apr. 51/2 With gutsy 1.3 or 1.4-litre engines, these modern superminis are not only practical town cars but, with the possible exception of the Mazda, are also terrific on the open road.

2000 Adv. Driving Milestones (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 51/1 Today's generation of superminis, such as the VW Polo, Fiat Punto and Renault Clio, are spacious and refined.

1973 Proc. IEEE 61 1530/2 Only about 20 PB-440's were purchased at 130 000 dollars each for the minimum usable configuration (considered a supermini).

1987 T. Forester High-tech Society (1989) i. 6 Sales of personal computers, minis and superminis are growing, while those of mainframes are static or falling.

1993 SunExpert Jan. 58/2 The spectrum runs from desktop 80286-based LANs, workstations, minis and superminis, up through mainframes.

2005 J. R. Yost Computer Industry iv. 97 DEC had come out with its VAX 11/780, a 32-bit computer that was labeled a ‘supermini’.