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Old May 6th, 2008, 08:11 PM   #1
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MINI Fifty Limited Edition?

Just wondering what the thoughts are on this.

Should we expect to see a MINI 50 Limited edition next year? Traditionally Mini marked significant year milestones with a special edition 25, 30, 35 and 40 and it would seem likely that the current marketing dept. would want to use some of the Mini history to sell a few extra cars!
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Old May 6th, 2008, 08:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old May 6th, 2008, 08:51 PM   #3 (permalink)
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oohhhhhhh... any ideas when next year or when details are likely to appear?

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Old May 6th, 2008, 09:23 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I think the '35' was a nice model (from what I can remember).

Fingers crossed they don't release the Mini 'Trigger' in the UK, its only for the italian market.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Greenie1 (original)
I think the '35' was a nice model (from what I can remember).

Fingers crossed they don't release the Mini 'Trigger' in the UK, its only for the italian market.

The Cooper 35 (1996 production) was a great model IMO... but I'm a bit biased as it was my first car Regretted selling it and end up buying another one last year

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I'd love to see it if they do do it, as I love the Special Editions they've done already (again, I might be a little biased )

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Old May 7th, 2008, 08:18 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Old May 7th, 2008, 08:54 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Quote: Originally Posted by CooperID (original)
The Cooper 35 (1996 production) was a great model IMO... but I'm a bit biased as it was my first car Regretted selling it and end up buying another one last year

Here's a pic of the first one


They'd be hard pushed to beat that special edition, as it was totally special, not just a collection of options already available and made stock, and produced in limited numbers too.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Rakey (original)
They'd be hard pushed to beat that special edition, as it was totally special, not just a collection of options already available and made stock, and produced in limited numbers too.

Just like the GP

The classic mini's had some great special editions. The Paul Smith is another which I'd love to add to the collection They made the most of the anniversary of both the mini and the mini cooper... wonder if the current MINI will follow in the same tradition... MINI 50 in 2009 and MINI Cooper 50 in 2011

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Quote: Originally Posted by CooperID (original)
Just like the GP

The classic mini's had some great special editions. The Paul Smith is another which I'd love to add to the collection They made the most of the anniversary of both the mini and the mini cooper... wonder if the current MINI will follow in the same tradition... MINI 50 in 2009 and MINI Cooper 50 in 2011

Yes the Paul Smith, the 35, and the Monte Carlo are the three special editions that have stood the test of time and are on my classic purchasing list, I shall have one eventually

All because they were true special editions and not made to drive sales in a low spot by the Rover marketing team

I guess you are right, the GP does show that they can do it right, so we could have something really nice next year. As the Parklane was nice, but we all know that was just to help with production planning as they run the old model out and so there were less individual cars being built.

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Wonder how well a True MINI 50 Limited edition would go down with the Mini die hards not well I imagine. I was a sucker for a special I had and Advantage and a Sidewalk. The Advantage was more commonly known as a DisAdvantage but the Sidewalk was great although it had no real extras over a standard Mini not even a rev counter.
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This was another good edition, the mini Seven, again replicated the retro feel on a standard mini and not a Cooper, so the concept could work on the MINI50

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Can we keep this thread on topic as per the first post?
Quote: Originally Posted by Step_7 (original)
Just wondering what the thoughts are on this.

Should we expect to see a MINI 50 Limited edition next year? Traditionally Mini marked significant year milestones with a special edition 25, 30, 35 and 40 and it would seem likely that the current marketing dept. would want to use some of the Mini history to sell a few extra cars!


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Does it matter if this thread has gone slightly off what the first post has said?

Someone mentions the possibility of a 50th anniversary Mini and it triggers peoples memories of owning a limited edition classic Mini.

Good to see photos folks

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Quote: Originally Posted by Greenie1 (original)
Does it matter if this thread has gone slightly off what the first post has said?

Someone mentions the possibility of a 50th anniversary Mini and it triggers peoples memories of owning a limited edition classic Mini.

Good to see photos folks


Yes it matters. The reminiscing thread/posts are now here http://www.mini2.com/forum/autos-min...sic-minis.html

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Wonder if they will do a gold coloured limited run for the 50th.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Hugo (original)
Wonder if they will do a gold coloured limited run for the 50th.

Good thinking - just do 50 of them in Gold!
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Good thinking - just do 50 of them in Gold!


It would be class if you got a Radio controlled 1/10 scale version of the Mini with it.

Would if they will make a few gold plated Minis, like other car manufactures have, But i don't think I could afford one of those.

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I had a Cooper 35 too - by the end of my 6 years with it, it'd done almost 120,000 miles and had a lovely race-prepped engine and tweaked suspension. Noisy, uncomfortable, unreliable as hell, but good fun.

MINI UK are clearly positioning the John Cooper Works to be the performance MINI, so I'd expect any "50" model to be based on the ONE (or *maybe* the Cooper).

How would *I* do it? Make it as retro as possible without making too many changes from the standard. Lounge leather seats with coloured piping always look retro to me, so I'd start with that, probably with an exclusive 50 retro colour (like sky blue - MINI had a couple of R50s like that IIRC), and a colour-line or interior trim that was both exclusive and retro too.

Hard to cue too much more off the original car, though - nobody would want slidy windows or dodgy heaters nowadays.
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I had a Cooper 35 too - by the end of my 6 years with it, it'd done almost 120,000 miles and had a lovely race-prepped engine and tweaked suspension. Noisy, uncomfortable, unreliable as hell, but good fun.

MINI UK are clearly positioning the John Cooper Works to be the performance MINI, so I'd expect any "50" model to be based on the ONE (or *maybe* the Cooper).

How would *I* do it? Make it as retro as possible without making too many changes from the standard. Lounge leather seats with coloured piping always look retro to me, so I'd start with that, probably with an exclusive 50 retro colour (like sky blue - MINI had a couple of R50s like that IIRC), and a colour-line or interior trim that was both exclusive and retro too.

Hard to cue too much more off the original car, though - nobody would want slidy windows or dodgy heaters nowadays.

Like you idea of using the lounge leather, red would be a nice retro colour to have them in, or cream with red piping

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