This Mini is cream of the crop

Cooper S version of drop-top storms Britain

LAST UPDATED AT 01:00 ON Thu 9 Apr 2009

Buyers are spoilt for choice when it comes to the MINI range, but the latest Cooper S is the cream of the Convertible crop. Performance isn't far short of the hot John Cooper Works version, and the price, economy and kit all add up to make the Cooper S one of the most sensible and most fun cabriolets on the market. ·