We’re pretty sure that in your minds eye you’ll be trying to do this anyway (we know we were), so MINI2 has tried to make life easier for you with this press photo comparison page.

MINI Cooper S

We’ll start with action shots of the first generation Cooper S in Electric Blue (2002 Model) next to a similar image of the new MINI Cooper S, in Laser Blue.

Next up is another head on shot of the MINI Cooper S, the same cars as shown above (our pool of new Cooper S images was a little limited). Again angles of the photographs are similar, but not identical.

MINI Cooper

Now we move on to the MINI Cooper. The images are both of Chili Red MINIs, the MINI on the left is a 2005 (facelift) model, on the right is the new MINI.

The MINI Cooper from the side. We have tried to match the images as closely as possible to one another from the press archives to make it as easy as possible to picture the similarities and differences of the two generations of MINI.

The back side of the Cooper.

MINI Interior

Now we move onwards and inwards for some like for like shots of the interior.

As you can see the photos below are from opposite sides of the cabin, but it was the closest we could find.

Finally, the doors. Not great shots, but interesting to see the development, and we wanted to use as many photos as we could find an excuse to!

We hope you found this article helpful. Initially it was scattered with our own take on the updates to the car, but we decided to leave it photo heavy and text light, you can make up your own minds on the pros and cons of the new MINI design!