There’s a new collab in town, and it’s called the Mini Paul Smith Edition

Few collaborations have lasted as long as Sir Paul Smith and Mini. The fashion designer first teamed up with the carmaker in 1998 and followed it up with the Mini Strip in 2021, before the Mini Recharged emerged in 2022. Now, the two have been at the crayons again.

So, meet the Mini Paul Smith Edition. Original name, huh? Can’t imagine what the next one will be called. Anyway, this latest Mini in a fancy dress edition gets three colour choices: Statement Grey, a modern interpretation of the classic Mini Austin Seven colour, Inspired White, a modern take on the classic Mini Beige shade, and Midnight Black, a modern variation on… er, nothing actually, it’s already an option to Mini buyers.

Two roof options are available, a specially created Nottingham Green, in homage to Sir Paul’s birthplace, or Jet Black. Nope, seemingly nothing special about the Jet Black here either. Choose the Nottingham Green option and you get a Paul Smith ‘Signature Stripe’ above the rear windows, while Jet Black customers get gloss and matte black stripes. All versions get Nottingham Green wing mirrors and bordering to the octagonal front grille.

Elsewhere, the Mini logo gets a new Black/Blue colour combination, there’s handwritten Sir Paul Smith ‘hello’ puddle lights and his signature on the rear, and it wears 18in Night Spoke alloy wheels, complete with Nottingham Green centre caps inscribed with his name.

Open the doors and you’re greeted with Smith’s handwritten motto, ‘Everyday is a new beginning’, on the sills, while Sir Paul has been busy doodling on the floormats, which get a hand drawn rabbit by the man himself. His lucky charm, FYI.

The steering wheel also gets the new coloured Mini logo, plus a fabric strip finished in his signature colours. Meanwhile the dashboard, door panels and seats (finished in Nightshade Blue) get a new striped pattern, with more Paul Smith signatures dotted about the place, who most surely be tired of writing his name by now. The final touch is a dark steel finish to the door handles, speaker grilles, steering wheel surrounds and cup holders. Phew.

The first to wear its colours will be the Mini Cooper Electric, priced from £32,705, followed by the Mini Cooper and Cooper Convertible models.