Hot after the new MINI Cabriolet (or Convertible, depending on the country you’re in) launch early this year is its Malaysian debut for RM 235,000 OTR without insurance and without MINI tlc package).
The MINI Cabriolet continues to use a soft top and now features larger side windows and a new retractable rollbar to help improve driver’s visibility. The rollbar moves up and down as required to help offer the driver an unrestricted rear visibility. The soft top comes down in just 15 seconds, and the Malaysian spec car comes with the Always-Open Timer as standard, which shows the driver the time they’ve spent driving with the roof down. This is supposed to encourage open air motoring as much as possible, which I hope is why you slurged the extra cash on the Cabriolet over the regular MINI in the first place.
Unlike the Cooper and Clubman which are available with both the regular and the turbocharged S versions, the Cabriolet comes only with the normally aspirated 1.6 liter for now, putting out 120 horsepower at 6,000rpm and 160Nm of torque at 4,250rpm with the help of Valvetronic.
Check out a full gallery and some videos of the new R57 Cabrio after the jump. There’s a new promo clip called “Radical Maneuver” as well as a “Making Of” video… I don’t recommend you perform the stunts in the video in real life!
PHOTO GALLERY: New MINI Cabriolet
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PHOTO GALLERY: New MINI Cabriolet JCW
VIDEO: MINI Cabriolet “Radical Maneuver” Promo Clip
VIDEO: MINI Cabriolet The Making Of “Radical Maneuver” Promo Clip
VIDEO: A collection of MINI Cabriolet promo clips
wow…
wahhhhhhh cooolllll!!
hahaha.. wish the price is much lower and i am stupid enuff to buy one small premium car and drive around in the polluted city call KL with the roof down…
Just an honest opinion, I think MINI’s marketing dept. spent too much money on just a short ad. They needn’t build a full “Ferris Wheel” just for the stunts, and should instead use Computer Graphics to do so… That large thing would’ve costed a bomb…
Oh come on. Only babies can fit in that back seats or people without legs. Notice they move the front seat forward to create that legroom. It really is a small car. Also buyers of Mini produced between 2001-2007 beware as it has been shown on watchdog (UK) that the steering pump overheats and locks steering and worse case the wiring cathces fire
Heheheh… nothing to do with the MINI Cabriolet…
but there’s a really funny video about girl with converible car + rain! : D
Check out link here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt2E0_mcuao
nice as a 5th or 6th car , noting more
[quote comment="233594"]wahhhhhhh cooolllll!!
hahaha.. wish the price is much lower and i am stupid enuff to buy one small premium car and drive around in the polluted city call KL with the roof down…[/quote]
hahaha exactly…besides polluted, hot weather! or maybe sudden rain..wait til u pull up under a bridge and wait 15sec for the roof to erect and mat rempit will laugh at u.
A cabriolet in M’sia. This is just a recipe for disaster. Imagine driving a RM230K car where everyone can see who you are. It is like painting a bull’s eye on your back with a big sign “rob me”!. With no protection of a roof I can just imagine the sucker that will be robbed at parang point whilst cruising around looking like a real cock. *sighs* If you are going to get this car, wear a bag over your head and carry a big gun.
Weve just got these down here in Australia, I went and had a look the other day and first impressions are quite impressive! The interior is hugely nice and reeks of quality! They will sell well all over the world.
My only negative is the Roof-Down Timer which seems abit of a wank…
All hail malaysia …235 ,000 wow …that’s too cheap … sell it at 1 million better ….
going for fairlady..
*drools*
Hmm but no cooper s version? i bet it would be 10times better and more fun with the extra power on that superb chassis.
open the roof at 12 pm… or 3 pm… =p
toy for rich man… for me i’ll buy E90 3XXi
I soo have to agree with quak58.. convertables in malaysia is just like having a wull jacket in the Sahara – abolutely useless.. Just imagine how hard it would be to sell them cars 2nd hand after you suffer from sun burn & lung disease from the poluted air
.. But mini’s are cool cars in general.. just too bad only the wealthy uncles with midlife chrisis can afford this car with that kind of price tag 
nice car with great bargain. I’ll take 5 please.
OFF TOPIC..
Looks like TopGear is testing Satria Neo
http://www.wharf.co.uk/2009/04/top-gear-parks-in-the-wharf.html
… “BBC film crews had been in place near Reuters Plaza since 7am, and the TV trio attracted the attention of several commuters when they emerged from Carluccio’s at around 10.30am.
Cars including the Proton Savria Neo 1.6 were later driven off the estate to embark on a journey around the capital” ….
RT
interior door handle is looks just like on satria neo…i hate that design alot.
[quote comment="233851"]OFF TOPIC..
Looks like TopGear is testing Satria Neo
http://www.wharf.co.uk/2009/04/top-gear-parks-in-the-wharf.html
… “BBC film crews had been in place near Reuters Plaza since 7am, and the TV trio attracted the attention of several commuters when they emerged from Carluccio’s at around 10.30am.
Cars including the Proton Savria Neo 1.6 were later driven off the estate to embark on a journey around the capital” ….
RT[/quote]
Savria Neo?! LOL. There’s also a picture of Jeremy standing beside a Myvi and a Chevy Aveo. Another comparison between Pacific Rim cheap cars for the new series of Top Gear? Can’t wait to see it for myself!
I beg to differ….whats wrong with a convertible in malaysia? you can open the top early in the morning for the cool breeze.
anyway ppl always buy things that they don’t really need or hardly use…see how many SUVs are out there on the road? how many of them go off road? most of them never. its like buying a convertible and NEVER opening the roof. how bout the huge mpvs like alphard/ naza ria. how often do you see tham fully loaded with 7 ppl? most of the time only 1 or 2 person inside. maybe only fully use once or twice a month.
another joker was commenting on the second hand value and hard to sell. did you check the prices of second hand convertibles? they normally still sell for almost twice the price of the full hardtop version.
the conclusion is …not everyone goes for a car that is practical and no fun. If you got 10 million dollars you still buy a practical saga with 4 doors?