Goodbye Mini Coupe And Mini Roadster, Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out

Mini says increased demand for new three and five-door Mini and foreordained plans are bringing production of the Coupe and Roadster to an end.

Also, it turns out people didn’t want less practical versions of a car that already lacked a certain degree of flexibility.

Surely Mini would have thought twice about cancelling production of the two cars – or at least considered replacing them with new versions off the new Mini platform – had sales been strong.

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McKenna: MINI Coupe, Roadster Dead By 2015

The backwards-cap-wearing MINI Coupe and its Roadster brother are being taken out behind the shed, both going out of production next year.

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Half The Seats, Twice The Fun – Reallly?
Dateline Istanbul: Accompanied by Turkish bellydancer music rock’n’weave, BMW launches its new open-top two-seater MINI Roadster in Turkey&rsqu…
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