For those that haven't seen the "main thread" there's photos of the new 2nd Generation MINI, a "facelift" Cooper S and an early 2002 Cooper S together as part of our rolling report on a Mellow Yellow press car. See:
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/showgallery.php/cat/2102

Just a bunch of "happy snaps" really, I lined them up by the wing mirrors (roughly), and just snapped away while the light faded.
Hope to improve on that as the week goes on!