1990's Classic Mini Limited Edition cars and the names
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Rose - Pink accents
Sky - Blue accents
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"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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classic 35 - dark gray w/ beige leather interior.
Mark, you are 100% correct, generating sales was first and foremost.
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City-E
Define special edition, lol
~ 30 minutes in a Mini is more therapeutic than 3 sessions @ the shrink. ~
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and the previously listed Racing Green and Flame Red
My SWAG is that the specials were strictly a simple marketing effort to garner interest in the Mini. (showroom traffic) Most specials appear to be paint, interior, badging and stickers, so that would keep the costs at a minimum. (And maybe even use up paint colors from other Rover Lines. ) On the interior cloth, Wow, I sure don't know!
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Do you know why Rover made the many limited editions?
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And I must add to your Cooper Sport, the Cooper Sport 500!
Keep them coming, folks! MSH
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Cooper Sport
John Cooper 35
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Sprite
Rio
City
City E
Mayfair
Tahiti
Advantage
Checkmate
Studio
Cooper
RSP - Rover Special Products 'Cooper'
Cooper Monte Carlo
John Cooper 35
Cooper Sport
Cooper Sport 500
Blue Star Possibly German market only car? It was a Dark Blue Cooper
Monza, possibly German Market only Cooper spec car. Seen live in a very dark blue
Flame Red
Racing Green
Jet Black
Rose Pink accents with a flower against White body color
Sky Light "Sky Blue" accents against White body color
Neon
Equinox Amaranth Purple in color
Sidewalk Seen with interior that is Blue base and Red plaid - seen on a car painted Blue
Tartan The sidewalk style of plaid was available in the JDM as Tartan, and looks like both a Red / Green and a Green / Red version was available, many were red metallic and the most common color was the dark BRG metallic
Balmoral - In R.O.W., and for sure Italy, the Balmoral's version of Sidewalk interior was base color Green with Red accents - seen on a car painted dark BRG metallic
Chelsey
Kensington An MM member has a JDM Blue with Beige Leather
Picadilly
Knightsbridge I saw a Gold colored one once, and it had a beautiful beige / camel leather interior
Equinox A 1995 Amaranth Purple had black fabric with Purple "Round sunburst / starburst " in various diameters
Designer / Mary Quant Edition Celebrating Mary Quant, a clothing designer, these White and Black cars have a black and white striped interior cloth with a red stripe. Quant was reportedly the creator of the Mini Skirt.
Paul Smith Edition Mostly thought to be the classic Paul Smith Blue with a very high level of specification - Likened to the Cooper - there were apparently also Paul Smith Editions in White and Black for the JDM
Special Specific Copper Paint with Beige Vinyl topping applied to roof, Silver with Black Vinyl, and Metallic Blue with Black Vinyl. With an 1100 cc engine and a different interior, these may have been one of the earliest examples of Limited Editions. May have been early examples to have 8.4" discs, 12 inch wheels, and "City Flares" - possibly 1984 on.
British Open Classic Dark BRG metallic with special beige "leather and tweed interior with British Open seat flags". Also seen as black car with same interior in the German market. All came with the namesake folding vinyl sunroof.
25th
30th
35th
40th Seen in Silver with Red Leather and Mulberry Red with Red Leather. Has a special round gold trimmed bonnet badge
Italian Job
ERA Turbo
Cabriolet LAMM - all in dark cherry red with a Lamm built special body kit
Rover Cabriolet BRG metallic, Nightfire Red metallic, and Caribbean Blue Metallic. Possibly only 350 - 450 total production, Rover's body kit produced by Zender
Since different countries / markets would sometimes have the same basic Limited Edition cars have another name, please feel free to add yours!
Thanks! Best, MSH