Mini Roadster by 2012

After passing of the months with the official unveiling of the new Mini Coupe, the company has decided it was time to "uncover" the Roadster version as well. Of course, everyone already knew what the new Roadster would look like with both the Coupe version and the Roadster Concept unveiled in 2009 making it on the scene before the Roadster.

To be honest, the Coupe and Roadster models are almost identical, except for the soft top, steeply raked windscreen, stainless steel roll bars, and the active rear spoiler that deploys at 50 mph. The new Roadster will be immediately recognized as a Mini thanks to features like the hexagonal contours of its radiator grille, the black border around the lower part of the body, chrome trim strips and surrounds, large circular headlights, rear lights positioned are vertically stacked on the outer extremes of the rear end, and the surrounds that is eye-catchy of the side indicators on the front side panels.

Like with the Coupe, the Roadster is powered by a 1.6-liter engine having the four-cylinder ranging from the base Coupe with 122 HP up to the John Cooper Works Coupe with 208 HP. The version especially SD gets a 141 HP turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel engine.