2022 MINI Cooper S 3 Door Pat Moss Edition

The Cooper S three-door Pat Moss Edition commemorates a specific team and event in Mini history: Pat Moss and co-driver Ann Wisdom’s 1962 Tulip Rally success. This is one of three factory-offered variants sharing the edition design and rarity programme. Its body and engine identity remain distinct from the five-door Cooper S and the JCW.

History and programme context

The global launch names the three-door Cooper S, five-door Cooper S and John Cooper Works versions, with availability from May 2022. It describes the programme as just over 800 vehicles. A later Asian national-office release uses 800. This profile preserves that source variation and uses an approximate family reference instead of inventing a precise three-door total.

Identity and specification reference

Understanding the design

The edition is a useful example of visual storytelling. A commemorative treatment can connect a contemporary car to a historical achievement, but the quality of the story depends on naming both members of the original crew and the correct event. The design becomes more informative when those connections are explained instead of relying on a broad claim of racing heritage.

How rarity is recorded

Part of the shared Pat Moss programme. The global launch describes just over 800 vehicles; a later MINI Asia release uses 800. Neither establishes an independently audited completed total for the three-door Cooper S alone.

Identification and documentation

For an individual car, confirm the Cooper S three-door identity, original edition specification and delivered market. Check the history of graphics, roof treatment and special interior details. A family photograph should be read through its caption; a five-door image is a programme reference, not proof of three-door body construction.

Scope of the supplied image

Cooper S 5 Door Pat Moss Edition in official MINI Asia imagery, used as a shared-edition design reference for this 3 Door profile. The 3 Door body is not shown.

Comparisons and related profiles

Compare the two Cooper S bodies to understand the factory’s offering, then compare the JCW as the separate performance variant. Their shared historical theme and approximate programme total provide the connection. Body-specific and engine-specific production splits remain unset unless an additional source establishes them.

• MINI Cooper S 5 Door Pat Moss Edition
• MINI John Cooper Works Pat Moss Edition

Frequently asked questions

Is this a customer road-production edition?

This is limited edition. The programme or allocation reference is stated above; an independently audited survivor total is not assigned.

Is the edition limit separate for each engine or body?

No. The approximately 800-car Pat Moss reference is shared across the family. Each variant is documented separately, with the shared quantity identified so it is not added again.

Sources and further reading

• The Pat Moss Edition for the MINI 3-door and the MINI 5-door: homage to a pioneering woman.
• MINI Asia: Pat Moss Edition, Cooper S 3 Door and 5 Door

Research checked 15 October 2026. Manufacturer technical references retain their original market and programme scope.