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Last weekend, BMW celebrated together with 15,000 Mini fans, the 50th birthday of the original, and super-cute Austin Mini.

I was fortunate enough to be invited to the event :-)

Here are 50 photos - one for each year of Mini...

Happy Birthday!

The very first Mini produced

Mini Mayfair

Italian job Mini

A brand "new" old Mini, built by hand

Twice Mini

Mini SUV with some friends

A Dutch limo

From BMW's collection

Mr Bean!

Pick up Mini

An original Rover Mini convertible

What's wrong with this picture?

And the answer

A caravan called Wild-Goose, built for sale through the 60'. Obviously people weren't in much of a hurry back then...

The Riley

This Mini has a Ford chassis and V4

Mini Moke

A mini Mini

Why not a new one as well?

Mini CHALLENGE

Classic Minis in the "Mini 7" race

Spare tyre anyone?

Mini concept car, before the new Mini came out

Having fun

Mini Hotel concept car

This one speaks for itself

Mini XXL concept

Madonna's Mini from the "American Life" video

Furry...

Another concept from BMW's collection

A happy owner with a quick car...

A Layland bus converted into a mobile Mini store

Disco-Mini

Paul Weller live

Mini's future - the Crossover concept

Happy Birthday Mini!

P.s: one photo for next year... here's what one Mini owner at Silverstone thought of BMW's ownership :-)

Cheers, and thanks for watching!

Roy.