With traditional sporting spirit and British flair: the MINI 60 Years Edition.

With traditional sporting spirit and British flair: the MINI
60 Years Edition.

MINI celebrates the brand’s 60th anniversary with an exclusive
design model – Specific design features for the exterior and interior
emphasise the authentic background and agile character of the original
in the small car segment – Special edition as MINI 3 Door and MINI 5
Door, each available in four engine variants.

Munich. An original that constantly reinvents itself
– firmly rooted in tradition yet always open to change: this is MINI,
60 years after the launch of the small British car that brought
worldwide popularity to unique properties such as go-kart feeling and
the creative use of space. To mark this round anniversary, the premium
automobile manufacturer presents a design model that highlights both
its British origins and the agile MINI character. With design and
equipment features that are both high-quality and exclusive, the MINI
60 Years Edition expresses the brand’s sporting spirit – something
that is a constant presence even in everyday urban traffic. The
special edition will be available from March 2019 onwards as a MINI 3
Door and MINI 5 Door, each with four engine variants.

Athletic talent is part and parcel of the MINI genes. Even before the
launch of the classic Mini in the summer of 1959, it was clear that
the design features of the new small car would benefit not just
interior space but also the car’s agile driving properties. Sports car
designer John Cooper was an especially strong believer in the compact
four-seater’s race track potential. In collaboration with Alec
Issigonis, the creator of the classic Mini, he developed ideas for
variants of the small car with a more powerful engine, thereby laying
the foundations for an exceptional career on racing circuits and rally
tracks, culminating in three outright victories at the Monte Carlo
Rally in the 1960s.

With a paint finish in the classic colour of British racing cars, the
MINI 60 Years Edition in particular evokes the brand’s sporty career,
which it started at a very early stage and has maintained up until the
recent past. The exterior paint finish in British Racing Green IV
offers a particularly clear expression of the premium small car’s
character and origins. The body finishes Midnight Black metallic,
Moonwalk Grey metallic, Melting Silver metallic and MINI Yours
Lapisluxury Blue non-metallic are also available as alternatives. The
chosen body colour is combined with a paint finish in Pepper White or
Black for the roof and exterior mirror caps. Bonnet stripes with a
specific anniversary design and exclusive 17-inch light alloy wheels
in the version 60 Years Spoke 2-tone round off the distinct look of
the edition vehicles.

The design model’s striking 60 Years logo appears not just on the
left-hand bonnet stripe but also on the side scuttles of the turn
indicators and on the door sill finishers at the driver and front
passenger doors. Inside the car it can also be seen on the front
headrests and the steering wheel. In addition the exclusive design
model has model-specific interior trim finishers. The anniversary
design can also be seen in the LED logo projection which is visible
when the driver’s door is opened. The standard equipment of the
edition vehicles includes a sports leather steering wheel along with
sports seats in the leather finish MINI Yours Leather Lounge 60 Years
and the exclusive colour Dark Maroon.

In conjunction with the equipment package 60 Years Chili, the edition
vehicles also feature such items as LED headlights, LED fog lamps,
white turn indicators and LED rear lights in Union Jack design, the
lighting package for the interior and also the MINI Driving Modes and
the MINI Excitement Package complete with ambient lighting. There is
also an on-board computer, automatic air conditioning, a rain sensor
and a storage package on board.

Two petrol engines and two diesel engines with an output ranging from
100 kW/136 hp to 141 kW/192 hp provide the drive portfolio for the
MINI 60 Years Edition. The program of anniversary models includes the
MINI Cooper 60 Years Edition 3 Door (combined fuel consumption:
5.5 – 5.4 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions:
124 – 122 g/km), the MINI Cooper S 60 Years Edition 3 Door (combined
fuel consumption: 6.5 – 6.4 l/100 km; combined CO2
emissions: 147 – 145 g/km), the MINI Cooper D 60 Years Edition 3 Door
(combined fuel consumption: 3.9 l/100 km, combined CO2
emissions: 103 – 102 g/km) and the MINI Cooper SD 60 Years Edition 3
Door (combined fuel consumption: 4.2 l/100 km, combined CO2
emissions: 111 – 110 g/km) and the MINI Cooper 60 Years Edition 5 Door
(combined fuel consumption: 5.5 – 5.4 l/100 km; combined
CO2 emissions: 125 – 123 g/km), the
MINI Cooper S 60 Years Edition 5 Door (combined fuel consumption:
6.6 – 6.5 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions:
150 – 148 g/km), the MINI Cooper D 60 Years Edition 5 Door (combined
fuel consumption: 4.0 – 3.9 l/100 km; combined CO2
emissions: 104 – 103 g/km) and the MINI Cooper SD 60 Years Edition 5
Door (combined fuel consumption: 4.2 l/100 km, combined CO2
emissions: 112 – 110 g/km).

Fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and power consumption were
measured using the methods required according to Regulation (EC)
2007/715 as amended. The information is based on a vehicle with basic
equipment in Germany; ranges take into account differences in wheel
and tyre size selected as well as optional equipment and can change
during configuration.

The information has already been calculated based on the new WLTP
test cycle and adapted to NEDC for comparison purposes. In these
vehicles, different figures than those published here may apply for
the assessment of taxes and other vehicle-related duties which are
(also) based on CO2 emissions.

For further details of the official fuel consumption figures and the
official specific CO2 emissions of new cars, please refer
to the “Manual on the fuel consumption, CO2 emissions
and power consumption of new cars” available free of charge at
all sales outlets, from Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH (DAT),
Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen and at https://www.dat.de/co2/.

 

In case of queries, please contact:

Press and PR

Matthias Bode, Press Officer Production Communication MINI

Telephone: +49-89-382-61742

E-mail: matthias.bode@mini.com

Andreas Lampka, Head of Communication MINI

Telephone: +49- 89-382-23662,

E-mail: andreas.lampka@mini.com

 

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