Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Mini Convertible @ Mini Habitat, Singapore

Last weekend, we managed to take a spin in the spankin' new Mini Cooper Convertible!

The ones in Singapore comes in two variants, the Cooper and the Cooper S. Whilst the latter comes with a turbocharge that churns out 175bhp, we opted for the Cooper - just because we want something with a lil more poise (and with our hair still intact at the end of the test drive).

Time it takes to get its top off... 15 seconds, with a touch of a button ;)

The Mini Cabriolet also comes with a 'Always Open Timer' which keeps track of exactly how long you have spent with you top down. Redundant but it does remind you why you bought a convertible in the first place.

So here's our verdict, whilst the Mini Cabrio was another chic machine, we would give it a pass. The drive is fun-inducing, but less compared to the hatchback models, and back seats are way too straight for long journeys. Also, you would need to fork out S$127,800 for the Cooper Cabrio and S$147,800 for the Cooper S Cabrio. That is a S$20,000 premium on top of the hatchback models!

Nevertheless, if you want something that turn heads, this is the only convertible out in the market which can successfully do it everytime! (from our experience hehe)

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