Mini Time Line
Part 5 – 1989 Through 2002
Last Updated August 13, 2012. Information added and corrections made.
Please, see the Notes and Sources listed at the end of the last Time Line article.
1989
February
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The Sky, Rose, Racing and Flame special editions started. (Total production: Sky/Rose, approx. 1,100; Racing/Flame, approx. 2,000.)
June
July
Misc.
1990
February
June
July
August
September
Misc.
1991
February
May
June
July
December
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The Mini Cord was reborn in Venezuela. The fiberglass-bodied Mini was built in two models, both with 998cc engines. (A 1275 was never produced.) SB was the standard version with cloth interior trim and steel wheels. (Although versions exported to Colombia all had Minilite style GB wheels.) DB was the deluxe version and had air conditioning, leather interior, center console with a tachometer, chrome bumpers, spotlights and GB wheels. In December, 113 were made.
Misc.
1992
May
June
July
October
Misc.
1993
April
May
June
July
August
September
Misc.
1994
May
June
July
Misc.
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Mini Cord production shut down for a time and restarted with two special, convertible prototypes built. They didn’t go into production. Instead, a John Cooper model was started, still with the 998cc engine. It had 13” Revolution wheels and leather interior, among other changes. All were scheduled to be silver, but some were special ordered in other colors. Only 24 cars were built of all versions in 1994
- Rover Group (see August 1988) was sold to BMW.
- IMM was held at Silverstone, England.
- 20,417 were produced in 1994. Total Minis to date, 5,292,703.
1995
May
June
August
Misc.
1996
February
April
June
July
October
Misc.
1997
February
June
July
Misc.
1998
February
June
Misc.
1999
February
July
Misc.
2000
February
June
October
December
Misc.
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All of the Rover Group (see 1994), except for the Mini, Triumph and Riley names and British Motor Heritage, was sold off by BMW to the Phoenix Consortium. The sold off portion became MG Rover Group.
- The IMM was held in Saariselka, Finland.
- 7,070 were produced in 2000. Total Minis production: 5,387,862.
2001
February
July
August
Misc.
2002
February
- The 7th Spring Thing was held the 22nd - 24th at Clearwater, Florida.
June
August
Misc.
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