Editing Mini (section)

==50th anniversary==
Several key events marked the 50th anniversary of the Mini in 2009. On 13 January 2009, the [[Royal Mail]] released a limited edition of stamps entitled "British Design Classics", featuring an original, egg-shell blue, MK1 Mini, registration XAA 274.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/jump1?catId=90700753&mediaId=90500750 |title=Royal Mail&nbsp;– British Design Classics |publisher=Royalmail.com |access-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080513112858/http://royalmail.com/portal/stamps/jump1?catId=90700753&mediaId=90500750 |archive-date=13 May 2008 }}</ref> On 17 May, a world record parade of 1,450 Minis congregated at [[Crystal Palace, London|Crystal Palace]] as part of a London to Brighton run.<ref>{{cite web|title=Largest parade of Mini cars|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/2000/largest-parade-of-mini-cars|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=14 June 2013}}</ref> The following week, 10,000 Minis and 25,000 people attended an anniversary party at [[Silverstone Circuit]] on the border of [[Buckinghamshire]] and [[Northamptonshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/05/photo-album-from-mini-50th-anniversary.html |title=Car Scoop&nbsp;– Photo Album from MINI's 50th Anniversary Festivities at Silverstone |publisher=Carscoop.blogspot.com |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=18 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318153126/http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/05/photo-album-from-mini-50th-anniversary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Between 7 and 10 August 2009 approximately 4000 minis from around the world congregated at Longbridge Birmingham to celebrate the 50th anniversary. On 26 August 2009, smallcarBIGCITY launched in London to provide sightseeing tours of the capital in a fleet of restored Mini Coopers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://smallcarbigcity.com/about |title=About smallcarBIGCITY... |publisher=Smallcarbigcity.com |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701225720/http://smallcarbigcity.com/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>