MINI Highgate Convertible

MINI reveals another special-edition model, named after Highgate in north London

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By Damion Smy

02nd February 2012

This is the MINI Convertible Highgate special edition. It takes its name from the exclusive residential area of London and offers a number of unique visual cues to distinguish it from the standard MINI.

They include a distinctive Ice Chocolate metallic paint that has a blue lustre in direct sunlight, matched with a dark brown soft-top that also has a metallic shine in bright light. The Highgate can also be chosen in Midnight Black metallic or White Silver metallic, with mirror caps in your chosen hue.

Regardless of colour, the Highgate’s bonnet features brown and black stripes with light blue edging. There’s also an exclusive ‘Union Jack inspired’ 17-inch double-cross alloy wheel design with an aluminium finish that, together with Highgate badging, completes the exterior treatment.

Inside the Highgate has Dark Truffle leather with light contrasting stitching and blue piping. Again, blue detailing extends to the gear lever and handbrake stitching, while there’s also a set of stainless steel pedals and MINI’s Chrome Line interior package fitted.

The Highgate package is offered on the MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Cooper D and Cooper SD Convertibles, in either six-speed manual or automatic form.

The MINI Convertible Highgate will be available from March, with an expected price premium of £1500. This means a starting price of £18,735 for the Cooper Highgate Convertible manual.

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5 Comments

Golders Green next?

I can see it now. All the chrome trim replaced with gold. Not plated. Solid. No convertible model so nothing can displace the Kippahs.

By BKWANAB on 2 February, 2012, 11:19pm

What next, The Mini Battersea, The MINI Croydon, The Mini Brixton, complete with riot protection gear, the list goes on.......Mini West Ham, Mini Millwall, complete with 'how to be a football hooligan' book.....

By skorob2010 on 3 February, 2012, 10:13am

First Thing That Springs to Mind is......

Cemetary, Highgate Cemetary.

They really need to come up with better names than that

By Richard_H on 4 February, 2012, 8:34am

Departing in Style?

Will look great parked outside the cemy! Will the electric (i.e. green) version be called the Kensal?

By CrystalBall on 5 February, 2012, 1:22am

Mini NAFF

Come on Mini marketing guys stop using deadend NAFF names for the awesome little Mini. Who is the i-gate aimed at?

Who is the Highgate aimed at, the 70 year old blue rinsed Katie Price gold digging graveyarder out to pull old Fred who owns his bungerlow, that might pay for her hip replacement & keep her in sterodent & polyfilla for the rest of her living days?

By IvorBiggen on 6 February, 2012, 8:19am

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