R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) Archives

Jan 23, 24Apr 17, 24

MINI’s Secret Concepts From the 90s That Almost Changed the MINI Cooper Forever

If you think the new J01 MINI Cooper EV is a radical departure, wait until you see what MINI was cooking up in the 1990s. As MINI ushers in an entirely new...

A Look Back at MINI Mavericks – An Early Ad Campaign From MINI USA

It’s The 20th Anniversary of MINI USA – Join Us As We Look Back

Opinion: It’s Time for BMW To Embrace MINI R53 Generation

R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) R53 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper S) Video

The R50 & R53 MINI Prices Are Going Up

The crazy inception of the R50 and R53 is even more an an amazing story that just gets better when you realize just how good those cars were. Literally from day one...

Dec 30, 21Dec 30, 21

3rd Gen MINI Cooper | 2014-2024 Official News R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper)

Celebrating 20 Years of The New MINI at Plant Oxford

It’s almost impossible to believe but the modern new MINI now 20 years old. We take it for granted now but the ramping top of production that up at Plant Oxford was...

Apr 26, 21Apr 26, 21

1st Gen MINIs | 2001-2007 Accessories JCW R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) R53 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper S)

MotoringFile Review: The R50/R53 JCW Leather Dash

This story originally appeared in the April 2006 edition of MotoringFile. Due to a recent post on Instagram we’ve seen a bunch of interest in this long forgotten and highly rare JCW...

Aug 17, 20Aug 17, 20

1st Gen MINIs | 2001-2007 R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) Video

Watch Press Coverage of the Original R50 MINI Launch 20 Years Ago

Shockingly it’s been nearly 20 years since the R50 MINI was introduced at the Paris motor show in the fall of 2000. Two decades and three generations on the original “new” MINI...

May 10, 20May 11, 20

1st Gen MINIs | 2001-2007 1st Gen | R52 Convertible Accessories R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) R53 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper S)

R50 & R53 MINI Parts are Becoming Scarce

R53 MINI parts are becoming scarce. It had to happen sooner or later. It’s been 9 years since the last supercharged MINI rolled off the lot and a full 17 years since...

Dec 6, 17Dec 6, 17

R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper)

Frank Stephenson Talks About Going from MINI to McLaren

Frank Stephenson is not only a critical part of MINI history but has long been a friend of MotoringFile. So it was with great pleasure when we saw him move into the...

Oct 15, 15Oct 15, 15

1st Gen | R52 Convertible R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) R53 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper S)

MINI USA Recalls 92,000 MINIs for Airbag Faults

MINIUSA is recalling 92,000 cars due to a flaw in the front passenger airbag that may keep it from deploying. The recall will affect 59,000 2006 Cooper and Cooper S models (R50...

Apr 19, 15Apr 23, 15

City Car Concepts Classic Mini | 1959 - 2000 MINI Design R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) R53 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper S)

MINI’s Decade of Concepts & Turmoil (w/Gallery)

Given the launch of the new MINI and the recent pre-production shell that popped up on eBay, we’ve been digging into our archives a bit and thinking about how the modern MINI...

Dec 9, 13Dec 9, 13

MINI Design R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) R53 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper S)

Frank Stephenson: MINI Has Lost it

Frank Stephenson, exterior designer of the R50 and R53 MINI was interviewed earlier this year on the occasion of his latest creation debuting – the McLaren P1. Frank, a long time reader...

Dec 7, 13Dec 7, 13

Best of the Web Classic Mini | 1959 - 2000 MINI Design R50 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper) R53 Two-Door Hardtop (Cooper S)

Pre-production Rover R50 Prototype Shell Shows up on eBay

Want an early look at MINI development? This prototype shell found on eBay gives us an interesting window into that time period where Rover still had some control over engineering and BMW...

Dec 3, 13Sep 19, 14