Although a stylish car with fun handling characteristics, the Mini Cooper S Convertible suffers from poor rear sight lines and aging dashboard electronics.

2016 Mini Cooper S Convertible First Drive Under the more bulbous sheetmetal is a torquey, tractable engine in a package that’s perfect for the discerning sun-seeker.

Whereas the standard Mini hardtop has really strayed from its roots, adding size and weight for the worse, the changes have had an interesting influence on the ragtop 2016 Mini Cooper convertible.

Read what our editors have to say as they review the new 2009 Mini Cooper S Convertible at Automobile Magazine online.

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