So did they change the mount in 05-06, I'm doing all my motor mounts and there seems to be 2 different MT mounts available, with wildly different prices.

See pic, I don't see anything that specifies years when I look at the mount on the left on various sites. However various sites show the mount on the right going up to MY 05 sometimes.

 

 

The only difference I know of would be between the differing transmissions. Manual -vs- Automatic.

 

This is the correct one for an R53 Manual trans
https://www.waymotorworks.com/transm...-cooper-s.html

then if you select Auto in the drop down menu you will see the pic changes to the Auto mount which is clearly different.

R50 and R53 have different mounts, and Manual vs Auto have different mounts so there is like 4 different ones.

 

So the mounts that show good for earlier years that are 1/3-1/2 the price aren't compatible with later years? But the mount that shows good for later years is compatible with earlier years?

edit: nvm looks like those are the mounts for the R50.