Raise the roof! First MINI Cooper Convertible rolls off the MINI Plant Oxford production line.

Production of the MINI Cooper Convertible returns to the MINI Plant Oxford, where it is built alongside the MINI Cooper 3-Door and 5-Door, making the plant the home of the MINI Cooper.

On November 18, 2024, MINI Plant Oxford celebrated the start of production of the MINI Cooper Convertible for the first time since 2015. The fourth generation MINI Cooper Convertible includes a revised exterior design, sustainable interior materials, and innovative in-car technology.

A celebration of British production, all three UK BMW Group manufacturing sites contribute to the MINI Cooper Convertible. BMW Group Plant Swindon produces the body pressings and sub-assemblies while the latest four-cylinder petrol engines are built at BMW Group Plant Hams Hall in North Warwickshire. Finally, these parts come together at MINI Plant Oxford where body shell production, paint and final assembly take place.

Following the relaunch of the MINI brand in 2001, the first MINI Convertible was unveiled in 2004 and has remained an icon of the MINI family ever since with more than 100,000 sold in the UK to date. With 160,000 built at MINI Plant Oxford from 2004 to 2008, the first-generation MINI Convertible was known for its retro styling and iconic chrome roll-over arches behind the rear seats. The second generation, unveiled in 2009 with 165,000 built at MINI Plant Oxford until 2015, kept the iconic drop-down hinged boot but gained the evolved styling of the Cooper from that era.

Production of the model was briefly moved to VDL Nedcar for the third generation, making room for the MINI Clubman at MINI Plant Oxford. Over 150,000 Convertible models were produced at Nedcar until production stopped in 2023, before production returned to MINI Plant Oxford.