Jan 1, 2023
2023 Mini Convertible Seaside Edition!
The Mini Convertible is now 30 years old, and Mini is introducing a special-edition model in the U.S. to celebrate.
The original fixed-roof Mini launched in 1959, but a convertible version didn't arrive until the early 1990s. The first factory Mini convertible debuted at the 1992 British Motor Show in Birmingham, U.K., where it was billed as the "world's smallest four-seat convertible."
Produced by German contract manufacturer Karmann, the original Mini convertible went on sale in 1993 and continued through 1996, with 1,081 examples built. BMW revived the convertible when it relaunched the Mini brand at the turn of the century, and a drop-top has been a part of the Mini lineup ever since.
