Exclusive: 2025 F67 MINI Convertible Won’t Get the New Taillights
The 2025 ICE F67 MINI Convertible is not getting the new, triangular lights that all other small MINIs will be getting in this next generation (starting in 2024). According to sources who have seen the car, MINI will be retaining the current shape of the taillights and offering it on the heavily refreshed F67 convertible as a one-off in the updated ICE MINI range.
Why? According to sources the answer is fairly simple. MINI wasn’t able to fit the mechanical of the new lights in the rear tailgate of the existing tailgate of the convertible. Remember this isn’t an all new car but instead a heavily refreshed version of the F57 and thus wasn’t designed to accommodate the new all LED lights.
The F55 and F56 have enough space that the lighting system can be retrofitted without issues. Thus the updated F65 and F66 will have the exact same triangular rear lights that we see above on the all new J01 electric MINI.
So the 2025 F67 MINI Convertible Isn’t Really New?
MINI is going big on electric cars and has designed an all new electric MINI Cooper (J01) . Because it’s so costly to design and develop new cars they don’t have the capital to design and engineer an all new successor to the ICE (internal combustion engine) F56. So they’re heavily refreshing it with the styling and tech of the J01 with the drivetrain of the F56. This is great news (as long as you don’t want a manual) for those who aren’t ready for electric cars.
The goal is clearly to unify the design language across all models allowing consumers to have a choice that feels strictly about the drivetrain and nothing else. And as you can see below in our exclusive look at the next generation MINI Cooper models, there will still be a lot to choose from.
| The New MINI Family | Drivetrain | Pricing | Start of Production |
| F66 MINI Cooper | 155 HP (Petrol) | TBD | 07/2024 |
| F66 MINI Cooper S | 200 HP (Petrol) | TBD | 07/2024 |
| F66 MINI Cooper JCW | 231 HP (Petrol) | TBD | 11/2024 |
| F65 MINI Cooper 5 Door | ICE (Petrol) | TBD | 07/2024 |
| F65 MINI Cooper S 5 Door | 200 HP (Petrol) | TBD | 07/2024 |
| F67 MINI Cooper Convertible | ICE (Petrol) | TBD | TBD |
| F67 MINI Cooper S Convertible | 200 HP (Petrol) | TBD | TBD |
| F67 MINI Cooper JCW Convertible | 231 HP (Petrol) | TBD | TBD |
For more on the new (refreshed) generation of ICE MINIs, read to our in-depth preview.
For more coverage of the new generation MINI, check out the following articles and videos.
MINI Cooper EV: Premier | MINI Cooper EV: Hands-On Review | MINI Cooper EV: Video Review
MINI Countryman EV: Premier | MINI Countryman EV: Hands-On Review | MINI Countryman EV: Video Review
New MINI Family: 1st Look Video | MINI Circular Display & MINI OS9 Hands-On Review
Although the two versions of the new MINI Cooper will be on different platforms, MINI has developed them to offer similar handling and performance.
According to Stefan Floeck, MINI’s product line boss, “You will see the differences when you drive a combustion-engined car and an electric car. Normally, the combustion cars have a slightly higher maximum velocity, but in terms of acceleration they are not so good. I’ve already driven both of the new Coopers, and the driving dynamics and feeling, even though it’s a different feeling when it comes to the go-kart feeling, is pretty much similar. It’s amazing.”
According to Stefen Floeck, MINI’s product line boss, in an interview with Autocar, although the two versions of the MINI Cooper will be on different platforms, they have been developed to offer similar handling and performance.
Stefan Floeck said, “You will see the differences when you drive a combustion-engined car and an electric car. Normally, combustion cars have a slightly higher maximum velocity, but in terms of acceleration they are not so good. I’ve already driven both versions of the new Coopers, and the driving dynamics and feeling, even though it’s a different feeling when it comes to the go-kart feeling, is pretty much similar. It’s amazing.”
I suspect it’s likely that the costs of tooling up for bespoke new rear wings for the low volume convertible didn’t stack up.