A member of a German MINI forum has spotted and photographed a MINI Convertible out and about in testing.

As you can see, the new MINI Convertible follows a very similar design to the outgoing Convertible model, the boot will once again be hinged at the base, although the design of the hinges will apparently be less “chunky” than the previous incarnation. The roof once more is a folding fabric top, and the rear high level brake light is still shown integrated into the rear chrome trim strip.

These shots, when combined with these earlier photographs pretty much reveal all there is to see externally of the Convertible roof when closed. Now we just need to see it from inside, and, of course, peeled back!