Tonight the KC MINI Club met up at Baron MINI to get a look at the new 2005 MINI Cooper Convertible. Now I had seen numerous photos of the new topless MINI on other sites and was prepared to be unimpressed. I was rather unimpressed. It was very nice, as are all the MINIs, and looked like fun, but I hardly ever use my sunroof and I couldn't see myself ever wanting one.

What I was impressed with was the new features on the 2005 Cooper S that was sitting not twenty feet from the Cabrio. Even though the Electric Blue isn't one of my favourite colors (sorry Jeff) I liked the body color dash and door inserts.

I also really liked all the chrome that is now available as an option. Talk about a little bling bling! I like the addition of overhead map lights although I'm not sure I like the clock in the speedometer. If you look closely, you can see the digital clock in the lower right of the readout under the odometer reading. Click on the pic for a larger view.

You can view the rest of my 2005 photos including the new headlights, tail lights and body color interior in a gallery here.