In these photos we finally see the anthracite headliner, Purple Haze, new grab handles, and the new side sun-shade (among other things). [Purple Haze/Anthracite Headliner Gallery]

For those wanting to see more “real world photos”, here's a good comparison of the 2004 Cooper versus the 2005 Cooper. Both cars are identically equipped except for xenons in the '04....

There's a great thread at North American Motoring going on right now about dislikes and likes of the 2005 changes. I thought it would be an interesting topic to hear other people's...

The day is upon us. The first 2005 MINI hardtops delivered to customers on the East Coast should happen sometime today or tomorrow. Congrats to all those whose cars about to be...

It would appear that the US spec head-unit will be the same as the 2004 with the exception of a much larger volume knob. Okay enough with the knob jokes! Larger photo...

Get ready for more bling bling on the MINI. here are some of the first official photos of the chrome hinges that are optional on the convertible. In the US they are...

This comes from frequent contributor Foolsdragon: Well, I didn't want to believe it, but it's true; the hold up was because the VPC didn't have the 2005 stickers ready! We just got...

Thanks everyone for writing in to this segment of Ask an MA. If you didn't get your questions in to us in time no need to worry – we'll have another “Ask...

It would seem that the first batch of 2005 MINIs (including convertibles) is sitting in New Jersey at the vehicle distribution center with no immediate time table on being shipped (as of...