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7. 1985 Mini Chelsea

Hot on the heels of the Ritz special edition came the Chelsea, now also available in Targa Red, and adding opening rear

windows to the 12-inch alloy wheels.

The Chelsea sought to evoke the spirit of the “Swinging Sixties” while simultaneously appealing to the “Yuppy” market in

the eighties with the slightly clunky phrase “From flower power to power, flower”.




8. 1986 Mini Piccadilly

“Another glittering West End production” is how the Mini Piccadilly was introduced to the world, and in Cashmere Gold

Metallic with the Piccadilly logo on the rear and sides, it was certainly glittering.

The interior was upholstered in Bitter Chocolate, Coffee, and Claret, velvet fabric with embroidered Piccadilly logo.




9. 1987 Mini Park Lane

The stylish black paintwork of the Park Lane with decal stripes, ‘Park Lane’ logo and chrome trim gave the next of the

‘London’ series of special edition Minis. Black and beige velvet trim with matching beige seatbelts graced the interior.

Four thousand were built of which two-and-a-half thousand were for export with seven-hundred of those going to Japan, where

the Mini had become very popular.