<P> By March 2000 , Rover was still suffering massive losses , and BMW decided to dispose of most of the companies . The sell - off was completed in May that year . MG and Rover went to Phoenix , a new British consortium ; and Land Rover was sold to Ford Motor Company . BMW retained the Mini name and the planned new model , granting Rover temporary rights to the brand and allowing it to manufacture and sell the run - out model of the old Mini . By April 2000 , the range consisted of four versions : the Mini Classic Seven , the Mini Classic Cooper , the Mini Classic Cooper Sport and -- for overseas European markets -- the Mini Knightsbridge . The last Mini ( a red Cooper Sport ) was built on 4 October 2000 and presented to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust in December of that year . A total of 5,387,862 cars had been manufactured , nearly 1.6 million of which were sold in Britain , although the majority of these were sold at least 20 years before the Mini 's demise , meaning that the majority of those sold had been scrapped before the end of the original Mini 's production life . </P>
<P> By March 2000 , Rover was still suffering massive losses , and BMW decided to dispose of most of the companies . The sell - off was completed in May that year . MG and Rover went to Phoenix , a new British consortium ; and Land Rover was sold to Ford Motor Company . BMW retained the Mini name and the planned new model , granting Rover temporary rights to the brand and allowing it to manufacture and sell the run - out model of the old Mini . By April 2000 , the range consisted of four versions : the Mini Classic Seven , the Mini Classic Cooper , the Mini Classic Cooper Sport and -- for overseas European markets -- the Mini Knightsbridge . The last Mini ( a red Cooper Sport ) was built on 4 October 2000 and presented to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust in December of that year . A total of 5,387,862 cars had been manufactured , nearly 1.6 million of which were sold in Britain , although the majority of these were sold at least 20 years before the Mini 's demise , meaning that the majority of those sold had been scrapped before the end of the original Mini 's production life . </P>
when was the last mini cooper s made
when was the last mini cooper s made
4 October 2000
4 October 2000