The Last Minis - The MPI models.

The Minis in the showrooms between late 1996 and October 4th 2000 had the most dramatic updates made to the car in its entire 41 year history - so what makes them so different.

Note: In later years, these Mini's have became commonly known as the mpi models - multi-point injection.  They can easily be identified by their air-bag steering wheel, roof-mounted aerial and front-mounted radiator.

• Read the offical launch documents from Rover at the time of the re-launch (september 1996)

• Examples of what changed using my 1998 Mini Cooper 1.3i ("Charlie") to illustrate!

• See the set of postcards that Rover issued at the time of the launch

• See some brochure extracts from the launch brochure

• See all colour and trim options available

• Read some of the road tests on my Mini Archive page.