MINI Cooper Cabrio: The Technologies

Hardly there is someone who can right away understand all peculiarities and functions of all the buttons placed on the instrumentation panel. Some manipulations will require attention and effort. It is particularly difficult to find the lever that opens the hood: the problem is that it's placed on the English right side.

You will also need time (at least some time) to put up a tent. It is done when the car is static and it takes some 15 seconds after you push a button (frankly speaking, there are two of them: one folds the roof and the second unfolds it) located above the rear-view mirror (the two buttons are placed next to each other).

MINI Cooper Cabrio allows you plunge into a special races' atmosphere of the beginning of the century. Heavy leather-trimmed steering wheel and peculiar suspension just reinforce this feeling. Cooper Cabrio's tires aggressively creak at turning while the planned trajectory is followed anyway. One could complain of the tires being of low quality but in this case there is no way one can doubt Goodyear tires.

It is worth mentioning that the visibility is rather limited when the top is raised. Two massive chrome safety rails are what you will see at most.

No doubts it's impossible to call 1.6L MINI Cooper Cabrio a champion in dynamics but being unitized with a variator it looks good in the city traffic current and doesn't allow others to hurt itself. The car reveals its character when you switch to the hand shifting.

Standard package includes climate control, leather steering wheel and leather inserts on the seats, ABS, stabilization system, 4 airbags, light alloy wheels, xenon headlamps, fog headlamps, lamps' washer, height adjustable steering wheel, cruise control, CD-changer, electric window lifts, electric mirrors, heated seats, heated mirrors, central locking, immobilizer, and safe seats. Volkswagen Golf