Is the R58 Coupe still being manufactured? I went to the miniusa web site and could not find it.

 

It is not. Your only hope is to find one in dealer inventory.

 

Deli,

Thanks for answering!

Do you, or anyone else, know the reason for the Coupe's demise? I tried a google search but did not come up with anything.

 

As the R56 second generation hatchback has ended production, and been superseded by the F56, continuing to produce other models based on the second generation platform became impractical. Now that the second generation R57 convertible has been superseded by the F57 third generation car, continuing to produce either Roadster or Coupés wouldn't be economic. Also, I don't think either model was such a sales success that Mini minded about ending them.

 

 

You're almost a year too late:
http://www.motoringfile.com/2015/03/...s-a-month-away

 

A combination of slow sales and the move to the new 3rd generation platform.

 

If you can find one new in dealer inventory, you should get a pretty good deal on it. Dealers want them GONE.

 

Production ended April 2015, so any new one you find would have been sitting unsold for over 8 months!

 

My local dealer had both coupe and roadster in stock less than a month ago. (looks like they're gone now) They were also $4000 off

 

If I'm not mistaken, the "R" stood for Rover - so what does the "F" stand for?

 

Deep discounts on 2015 anything around here.

 

Guys,

I'm not interested in buying one, I was just wondering why they weren't on the website.

Strange, when I bought my Clubman in '09 they were saying that is was not going to be continued either. In a sense, maybe they were right, it did lose its club door. By-the-way, I bought my Mini S new in October of '09 and have just a little over 5,000 miles on it - it's in mint condition. I plan on keeping it forever and at the rate I'm putting on miles it should make it!

 

The "F" stands for BMW's current project/design cycle. MINI is no longer stand alone. For BMW it meant the letter after "E".

 

Totally arbitrary, but the F is because BMWs had E designations and with the generation changeover (and the fact that BMWs and MINIs share more than ever), F was the logical next designation. The 7-series is the first of the next gen and is aptly designated G. The rest of the BMW lineup will follow over the next few years.

Well they did discontinue it in 2014 and brought back the next gen Clubman this year. Not sure why you were told in 09 they were discontinuing it! It had just come out!

 

The year before they announced its demise they only sold 1000 Coupes in the US. The Roadster wasn't any better. By contrast the Countryman had climbed to be the top seller over the hatchback by then. 2 seats and 2 doors is 2 too few. People want more space!

 

Check dealer lots, some are still floating around.

If I'm not mistaken, the "R" stood for Rover - so what does the "F" stand for? F for fast

 

Anyone interested in one should contact Tom at MINI of Annapolis (Maryland). Tell him I sent you.

 

Or...or...or..."people" just didn't know about them. MINI incessantly promoted the non-mini MINIs, but were graveyard silent about the 2-seater models.

Other than my last shopping trip with my roommate, where he had to hold a couple of things on his lap after the Costco stop that followed shopping for some housewares, I have never, ever had any issues with space in my Coupe, and that's going on 4 years this May.

The Coupe and the Roadster represent the ideals of the brand much, much better than the ever increasing monstrosities that BMW is now cranking out.

 

They don't know about them. I drive one and I see maybe a couple a year. The JCW version are even more rare. I have seen many of them, like 15 a once on MTTS 2014.

I know i am the only one with a painted alpine white top.

 

How many r58 were manufactured for US market and what percentage of total market was that? Any e know?

By the way, my dealer has 2 leftover R59s heavily discounted

 

There are numerous threads about this, and BMW releases the numbers as part of their year-end report; available at bmw.com.

In the US only something like 9000 Coupes were sold over the entire production run; and only slightly more Roadsters.

Here is a link to the 2014 numbers.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ml#post4076409

 

yes, not too many i was surprised that the roadster sold better.

Link to r59 at dealership ?

 

My dealer still has 2 Roadsters, big mark down. No Coupes.