MINI USA Announces Roadster Pricing
The news many of you have been waiting for is now official. MINI USA is pricing the new MINI Roadster at just under the $25,650 base MSRP for the MINI Cooper Convertible. Here’s the rundown:
- MINI Cooper Roadster: $25,050
- MINI Cooper S Roadster: $28,050
- MINI John Cooper Works Roadster: $35,200
That’s a great deal in our estimation and not just because the Roadster is the most gorgeous MINI currently on-sale.
Choosing the Roadster over the Convertible will lose you two seats and a fully powered roof, but save you $600. That’s a great deal in our estimation, especially given that the Roadster will be that much more sporting than its 4-seater sibling, thanks to a more highly-tuned suspension, lower center of gravity and less weight. So who’s in? Who’s got a $500 deposit burning a hole in their pocket?
The Roadster will hit showrooms in February of 2012.
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<p>I’m in! When would a dealer be able to spec it out and accept an order?</p>
<p>Can you turn down the propaganda a bit. It’s starting to get annoying.</p>
<p>I really like this car. I’m not going to pretend otherwise in order to please your perception of objectivity.</p>
<p>You presuming to know what motivates my writing, now <em>that’s</em> annoying.</p>
<p>If can handle a reader’s opinion than I suggest you try another line of work. As for your motivation, I’ll let the rampant BMW and MINI advertisements right beside your article speak for themselves. </p>
<p>It is priced aggressively based on costs of manufacturing and how BMW typically pricing convertibles. Sorry if you find it offensive to mention that. And I’m the one that added that based on some inside info I know about the situation. After re-reading the article I then edited it out (a minute or two after it was online) since the article was saying that in a more specific way. </p>
<p>I’m not bothered by your opinion, but I disagree with it.</p>
<p>I’m a fan, not a shill. That’s the fact of it, and I don’t actually care whether or not you believe me.</p>
<p>But to clarify for everyone, I’m a volunteer. This is not my job. MINI doesn’t pay me a dime. MINI doesn’t subsidize MotoringFile either, although from time to time MINI <em>dealerships</em> buy ad space on our site, just like anybody could. Most of the ads are fed through Google, which is based on keywords, so of course it’s going to be MINI/BMW related. However, Google serves Kia and Subaru ads on MF from time to time for some reason. None of that is up to me.</p>
<p>So whether or not you feel justified in your assumptions about what motivates what I write, they’re still assumptions, and they’re still incorrect.</p>
<p>Back on topic, I really like the Roadster, and I kinda want one. I think it’s the best looking car they’ve ever made and it’d be a blast to own one. Having driven the Coupé in anger myself, I expect this car to be spectacular in person. MINI has priced it aggressively, and I think it’s a great deal. And for the record, saying so benefits me nothing. If I lined up to buy one, I’d pay MSRP, just like everybody else.</p>
<p>So disagree with my assessments all you like, but don’t pretend to know why I do what I do.</p>
<p>Looks like I hit a nerve. </p>
<p>This nerve has been hit many times in the past and so is now extremely sensitive. </p>
<p>You don’t have to be so defensive. But the readers have a point. You write that the “roadster is the most gorgeous MINI” as though it is fact. That’s not voicing opinion, that’s just the rules of grammar and diction. Maybe a better way to have provided constructive criticism would have been “please do more dilineation between what is fact and what is the writers opinion.” It’s just good sense for any writer to do that, paid or not.</p>
<p>Any editorial natured entity hangs their hat on well thought out opinions. The diction and grammar was there for stylistic purposes. If you want something different or devoid of emotion read consumer reports or Autoblog.</p>
<p>You guys really do make the cutest little Straw Man arguments. They’re just adorable.</p>
<p>I’m done feeding the trolls for today. Like Gabe said, if you’re having trouble understanding what is and isn’t opinion, I’m sure Motor Trend will make you a lovely deal on a subscription. </p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>Wow. That is what we call a public loss of composure. </p>
<p>Congratulation Dr Obnxs! You’re a troll!</p>
<p>Well who the heck made everyone an editor here. Just enjoy the freakin information and chill out…geeezzz</p>
<p>It is a beautiful car. The only detail that annoys me a bit, and I am being picky here, is the way the stripes start and stop at all the body seams and the brake light. I realize it would not be possible to roll them into the seams during production but it would look so much cleaner. I know, I know, I am nuts.</p>
<p>It’s not impossible, it’s just more time-consuming and therefore more expensive. Personally, I highly recommend foregoing the factory stripes and going to see someone like Todd Pearson for custom, high-quality stripes. I’ve had three sets of his silver stripes on my R53 (because of body work, not because the stripes wore out), and I really appreciate how the edges are rolled under the body panels — just like they ought to be.</p>
<p>darn it! why couldn’t they wait a year or two? This way we would be close to paying off the one we got last year :(</p>
<p>Me too, although I am still enjoying my 2011 r56 JCW. I also said that I’d never get another ragtop. Well, that idea is now out the window.</p>
<p>my PRECIOUSSSSSS………………</p>
<p>Any idea when we’ll be able to build these things on the MINI USA site? </p>
<p>I never expected it to be so much more expensive than the coupe!</p>
<p>Yeah, that.</p>
<p>More expensive then an MX-5 too. That’s not a great proposition.</p>
<p>Did you notice after I complained about the rampant out of control propaganda like spin they removed the phrase “priced aggressively” ? Funny thing was the phrase could be read two ways. In the art world, the spin would be that the prices are HIGH; however in this case I think the writer was trying to get across that they were priced low. In reality as a JCW owner, I can say that in my experience these cars are way over priced for what you get and you will be seeing a huge loss on the secondary market unless you buy the basic model.</p>
<p>So here’s the dilemma…………do I order a JCW Roadster (trading my JCW Clubman) soon or wait until the new engine arrives for 2013?</p>
<p>I would say wait for the new engine, and also the new hardtop and S models</p>
<p>Let us know how the trade in on your JCW Clubman goes. I have a feeling you might be waiting a few years before that will make economical sense. At the mini dealership I bought my car from I was offered just 55% of what I paid and that was less than 2 years and 12k miles ago.</p>
<p>My how times have changed! Wasn’t that long ago, you could own a MINI for two years and basically trade it in for more than was owed on it! The used market used to be too strong by a long shot. I guess increased production, improved competition, and the recession have taken thier toll on the “premium small car” market that MINI so often states they created.</p>
<p>I remember the days. I bought a slightly used Cooper in 03, put 25k miles on it and sold it almost 2 years later for $1k MORE than I paid for it. Good times.</p>
<p>I agree it’s a great looking MINI, with the top down. Not so much with the hood up. I look forward to the inevitable comparision to the Mazda MX-5. Of course the MX-5 is rear wheel drive, the way a proper sports car should be.</p>
<p>I do wan to see what the interior space is like. The Coupe felt a bit dark and I wasn’t pleased with the visibility.</p>