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I'm sitting in a mini cooper convertible but there's no back seat that's because this is the new mini roadster which is based on the mini coupe a they showed off last year now just like every other mini this has the same powertrain options this one has a 1.6 liter direct injection turbocharged engine making 181 horsepower that's because it's the s model there's also a John Cooper Works package which has a bigger turbo making 208 horsepower this rear spoiler automatically deploys at 50 miles per hour then retracts at 37 miles per hour which should give this many a little more downforce when you're driving really fast now the MINI Roadster has the same electronics options as its siblings as well and that includes app integration such as Facebook and Twitter and Google search for navigation nobody calls this a semi-automatic top it's actually a hand-operated top so you have to do a little grunt work to close it and open it this new MINI Roadster is hitting showrooms now I'm Wayne Cunningham reporting from Detroit