Classic Mini Archive

Archive of Classic Mini Material

I have cupboards full of car magazines with Classic Mini articles in them collected when I was hugely enthusiastic about the wee car in my teens and early 20s. I've decided that there's no point in them hiding in the dark, and I'll scan them online for you to share! You may also be interested in the Brochures Archive.

1988 : Mini Red Hot and Mini Jet Black

Move to the music tape. Kindly scanned by Lizziebear Liz :)

Autocar, 29th March 1989

Russel Bulgin drove a basic Mini City and loved it!

Auto Express, 1989, Mini Reprieved, the tide turns!

Rover Boss saves Mini from end of the road - article

March 10 1989 : Auto Express

Full Page Advert for the Mini Racing Green, Mini Flame Red, Mini Sky and Mini Rose.

The Three Millionth Classic Mini

Autocar, 14 June 1989 : "Return of the White Roof"

A Very important article - the return of the Mini Cooper after nearly 20 years! This conversion kit and the Racing Green and Flame Red special editions were Rover "testing the water" for interest in a Cooper comeback. Important for me too - my Mum had a brand new Racing Green Mini at the time and I was dying to get this conversion fitted - my 17th birthday was only 5 months away...

Autocar, 14 June 1989 : "Little Devil"

... and a road test of the ERA Mini Turbo - a car which I drooled over at the Motor Show later that year... The launch brochure for the ERA Turbo is available to view as part of my brochure collection.

Another test of the 1989 Cooper Conversion, this time included in the Mini 30 event brochure

Car & Car Conversions (CCC) Road test of the Mini ERA Turbo

What Car Magazine - July 1989 - Mini 30 vs. 10 "Modern" Rivals (16 pages)

"There is no doubt in our minds, though, that the Mini was a brilliant idea, and it deserves its continued support from the many who appreciate its nimble behaviour, tiny dimensions, economy - and yes, its image, too. Therefore we take great pleasure in wishing the Mini a very happy birthday - and many happy returns"

Autocar - 23 Aug 1989
Full Road Test of Mini Mayfair 1.0

Mini 30 Event Flyer - Silverstone, August 27th 1989
Thirty Mini Years

Performance Car - September 1989
(Mini 30th Anniversary Issue)
Testing a brand new AX-GT against a 1971 MkIII Mini Cooper S

Testing a Mini ERA Turbo, Mini BAC M-30 & Mini SX 1400 :

Autocar 29 August 1990 "A Tale of Two Coopers" (RSP)

The freshly returned Mini Cooper takes on its 1971 predecessor

CAR - August 1990 - Mini Cooper Rides Again

Fast Lane - October 1990

The return of the Mini Cooper. (RSP)

What Car - Feb 1991 - Rover Mini Cooper RSP Road Test

Autocar - 8th May 1991

Full Road test of Mini Cooper S upon its return after 20 years...

CAR - November 1991

Rowan Atkinson revels in the comic-strip appeal and simplicity of the Mini Cooper

CAR - May 1992
Will there ever be a better mini than the Mini? LJK Setright compares Fiat's brand-new city car, the Cinquecento, with the very first Mini.

1993 : Competition to win a one off "Oxford Mini".
Kindly scanned by Lizziebear Liz. I wonder what happened to this car?

CAR - September 1995
Mini Cooper 1.3Si

Top Gear - September 1995
Mini Cooper S

Complete Car - October 1995
Brief test of Mini Cooper 1.3Si

The Mini won Autocar's Car of the Century competition and as part of this Rover ran a series of small newspaper ads like the ones below. I loved these and would print them and stick them in the window of my then new Mini Sprite 1.3i.