Marking 65 years with a look back at early history

Posted on March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

It is 65 years since the Morris 850 launched in Australia, and to mark the occasion a new series of History pages have been published.

More plate options for Victorian club permit scheme

Posted on April 1, 2025September 28, 2025

Custom permit numbers for club permit vehicles are coming to Victoria, together with a new style of reproduction period number plates.

Five years online for eight-fifty.com

Posted on January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

The website for Australia’s first Mini celebrates five years of being online.

Anniversary of the younger generation

Posted on March 3, 2022March 7, 2022

The younger generation of MINI celebrates 20 years in Australia in 2022. The R50 was the first model of MINI in the country.

Morris 850 reaches 60 years old

Posted on March 24, 2021May 1, 2022

Six decades have passed since BMC’s baby Morris 850 first took to the public streets.

Welcome to eight-fifty.com

Posted on September 24, 2020March 20, 2021

From more than a decade of research comes eight-fifty.com, a dedicated resource for the first Mini to be produced in Australia – the incredible Morris 850.