That would be this one though it was used as both a silver/white shield and a blue/white shield , still looking at the brochures to see which was first though I suspect silver/white first .

Cover of German Mini Mayfair sports brochure , year unkown .


Cover of UK "mini , your kind of car brochure" , April 1971 .

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First pic is pre 1989, as that is when the Austin name was put to rest and replaced by Rover.

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One should never skimp on the zip ties.

But they didn't have an Austin name on the Mini. (I know, the company was called AustinRover)

I'm guessing early 80's but not sure , especially since the Mayfair sport was a Germany only model and I haven't seen any other mention of it anywhere .

Also , in a 1979 UK brochure I have it shows yet another variation of the same badge with the Leyland swirl in place of the shield while still having "MINI" at the top .

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But it's got the Austin half of the Austin Rover logo on the grille , that was dropped when they became Rover .

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It is not a swirl, it is called the "flying ar*ehole"

i dont think the end of rover could have happened any worse than it did..