The Mini Cooper Convertible is one with his sophisticated fabric roof of the few open small car - and offers a highly intensive experience of fresh air. Test of 122 PS strong Cooper.
Temperature? Warm enough. Clouds? Looks like rain. Convertible drivers wonder now: open or closed, all or nothing?
Not so in the Mini Cooper Convertible. It must not completely for a full fresh air shower to remove his electrically operated fabric hood.
Oversized sliding roof is also
First, the roof of the tiny pushes Cooper Convertible as a folding sunroof continuously behind the driver's head and a lot can be in-the broad cross-section thank - wind and Sun. Only in the second step, the roof bars in the front window latch out and Nestle together with top and small glass rear window on the short mini rear.
This is in contrast to hardtop cabrios properly crisp from has but the disadvantage that generous luggage except in the tiny trunk (125 litre at top down) on the back seat of the Mini Cooper Convertible must. On the rider can sit but only, if man and Copilot far move their seats - easy is different, but it is after all.
This still feels Mini Cooper Convertible in heart rather than Roadster, because the driving pleasure focuses not only on the mobile sunbathing, although he very well knows that. Covered all cases including the submersible along with a central switch side Windows, one performs much more intense the environment as in convertible, where the windshield almost on the forehead of the front passengers.
In the Mini Cooper Convertible is it pleasant away short and steep in the wind, so that the view easily away can tails about it. However, only tinted glasses protect, offer the sun visors in high standing Sun but not. And if we are talking about the criticizing: the view to the rear is miserable, no matter whether with the roof open or closed.
Also the body of the tiny is Cooper Convertible on bad roads not free Knarzen sounds, and the very tight even without optional sport chassis suspension substantiated suspicion, tend to move a roadster as an open saloon.
Direct steering, sporty fun driving experience
For the compensated convertible Mini Cooper however abundant with extremely agile and very safe driving behaviour. Thanks to direct cards equal steering, almost intuitively follows the commands of his pilots and draws its railways like on Rails without noticeable roll movements.
Given the ease with which the convertible around the bends winding small Mini Cooper, amazed but the phlegmatic commencement of 122 PS of strong limitation. He is alive only at high speeds, without busy servicing of the crunchy, but every now and then hakeligen six gear, which sparked a Mini Cooper Convertible only a mild breeze.
Happart-price
For convertible fans, the conclusion is still: mostly sunny. More dark clouds put on on another front: as Cooper, the open mini off Korea euro - costs after all with air conditioning and CD radio. But the price list has many attractive extras. Mazda MX-5 driving machine is to have, however, from 22.290 euros.
