Mini Cooper 2016 Video Review

While many cars have to serve particular purposes, such as the school run, groceries and uncomfortably frequent trips to IKEA, we're grateful that some cars are still simply about having fun.

And if there were any one shortcut to fun, it'd have to be the convertible. With the roof down, Australian speed limits don't seem all that low, the long way around doesn't seem that long, and every break in the clouds is reason enough for roof-down celebrations.

The new Mini Convertible seems to follow the drop-top brief to the letter; there's a folding cloth roof, dynamic handling and the ability to have about 20 miles of headroom in 18 seconds.

Read the full Mini Cooper Convertible 2016 review.