Comments on: MINI Officially Retires The Color Mellow Yellow

By: Charlene Lear

Charlene Lear — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:08:55 +0000

I absolutely adore my mellow yellow mini with white hardtop, mirrors, rims, and bonnet stripes. I got the last yellow 09 at the dealer. :)

By: awilda

awilda — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:10:31 +0000

I love the mellow yellow and have been saving to buy one with black rims, black top, black front gates and then was going to slightly tint the windows and now this!! I am upset :(...

Hot chocolate is ok but only with black rims not the white.

what am i 2 do

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:57:38 +0000

I love my Mellow Yellow Mini, with black bonnet stripes. I agree with Chelly, “The rarer the colors the better.” Being that I live upstate NY and that they are retireing the color, I do believe I will never see another Mellow Yellow Mini up here.

By: Chelly

Chelly — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:34:38 +0000

I have a silk green MINI and I have never seen another one in my travels throughout the east coast and even in Hawaii. I love it and I want it that way. The rarer the colors the better.

By: SFRedMCc

SFRedMCc — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:42:47 +0000

Over half the cars in my parking garage at work are some shade of silver, and the rest are mostly black or white with only a few dark blues or reds mixed in. The only car more colorful than my Chili Red Clubman is a yellow R50 with a checkerboard roof.

By: Gaston

Gaston — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:36:26 +0000

Yawn. Yet another entry in the white-grey-black continuum. Is it just me? Almost every car/truck/SUV I see is some shade of silver.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:00:08 +0000

For those commenting on White Silver being “White” over “Silver”… It’s much more silver. It’s actually one of the more interesting and bright silvers I’ve ever seen. A very rich color. I agree that more bright colors is a good idea. I love my Laser Blue MCS! But love it or hate it colors like MY normally don’t last as long. I’d rather see MINI switch a lot of the colors every two years to keep each color more rare, it’s fun knowing you have a somewhat rare MINI color.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:39:36 +0000

I would have a hard time choosing between Velvet Red and Silk Green as my favorite MINI colors ever. Like Seth, every time I see one of those, I stare and consider how proud the owner must be of driving around in such rarely seen colors. Having said that, even though the MINI wave is a dead tradition now a days, I still give fellow Space Blue drivers a nod...it's sort of a rare color as well.

Why can't MINI just keep Mellow Yellow and just charge a slight premium for it (bump it up to what they charge for metallic paint) or something? I may not pick that color if I buy another MINI, but like Morgan says (in the TV show Chuck), "I like to know I have the option."

By: Seth L

Seth L — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:41:20 +0000

I quite like the new color and trim options, but I too wish for more color choices. Every time I see a Purple Haze, Solid Gold, Velvet Red, or Silk Green mini, I get envious.

By: C4

C4 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:04:42 +0000

More colors with the Yawn factor built into them.

Is the UK so grey and depressing these days>?

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:49:22 +0000

I cannot wait to see the tech white interior in person … probably will be the interior of my next MINI!

By: Ian F

Ian F — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:14:23 +0000

I’ve never been a fan of either yellow…

I’m hoping, however, that the loss of one non-metallic color will make room for a new one… a green one…

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:14:57 +0000

White Silver with the White Tech interior look great and would be my MINI color choice if available in 4 years. Very Nordic!

But I'd still like to see MINI trade all the silver trim for black. There's way to many surface textures, shades and colors going on inside a MINI.

By: Kenshin138

Kenshin138 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:59:09 +0000

I am apparently in the minority as I think this color is far, FAR better looking than that yellow was. I am happy they are removing a few of the OMGBRIGHT! colors from the lineup and replacing them with more upscale looking ones. IMHO the lines of the mini look better in the "boring BMW colors" than the bright skittle colors. Keep Chili Red for sure, keep one blue (not the bright one whatever it is), but otherwise the BRG, Pure Silver, Pepper White, Black etc. all look better than the yellows, oranges, blues etc.

Then again, I own a Pure Silver MINI so I might be biased. Though what we really need is Hot Chocolate to be an option for ALL models, not just the non-S 'vert and the Clubman. I would love Hot Chocolate with white roof and white stripes...

By: CraigE

CraigE — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:04:36 +0000

Someone at MINI has no idea what “limited edition” means … special interior that everyone is allowed to order!

From the article: Apparently MINI will be spreading the costs of developing some of the new trim by making them available across the range in specific markets. I take this to mean that if you have either of the special editions in your market, you can not order the individual options. These trim options will only be in markets without the special editions. This will be a lot like 2006 with the One-7, Park Lane and Checkmate special editions. We got parts of those special editions as either a package or as independent options.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:49:12 +0000

Look at the BMW palette to see where we are headed. Sedona Red Metallic is the only bright, distinctive color. All the rest remind me of nursing homes.

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:37:39 +0000

Someone needs to buy the MINI colour choosers a packet of skittles for inspiration.

By: MiniMonger

MiniMonger — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:06:39 +0000

Why not bring more non metallics like a milky blue or green. Or perhaps battleship grey. I fancy the oxygen blue but it’s only available on the lowest econo mini. Why not offer that in the Clubman with a White Roof an pillars. Now that would be sharp!

By: Ian C.

Ian C. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:26:09 +0000

Someone at MINI has no idea what “limited edition” means … special interior that everyone is allowed to order!

By: Minipuma

Minipuma — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:27:26 +0000

Sad about Mellow Yellow. That’s a great color (especially with black stripes). Mellow Yellow owners should be happy that they got them while they lasted.