Hi ya'll,

So I knew that the R59 had been kind of a flop - but I really want one (previously owned a R56). But I wasn't planning on buying until next near. Hopefully a used one with approximately the options I want, but I figured I could do BTO if I get impatient.

I read on some blog (sorry - didn't keep the link - hopefully it is in error) that 2014 was the last model year for the R59 - does this imply no BTOs in 2015?

 

Assuming BTO is "Built to Order"? Several auto sites are expecting MINI to announce that the R58 Coup and R59 Roadster will not continue. It's not been formally announced that it will be discontinued for the 2015 model year, but most seem to expect them to be phased out sooner than the end of the typical 7 year model cycle (which began in 2012).

 

Come on people! you know how it goes . . . the more you keep spreading negative rumors the more it will inevitably happen through social influences.

Just start talking about the opposite, how cool the R59, and how likely it is MINI will keep making it even if sales are temporarily slow, and until they come up with its next gen! . . .

Either way, we're not going to get an other one anytime soon so for us we're left to fate in future MINI roadster in a few years from now.

 

It's been built and waiting to be shipped over. It is in fact a 2015. They are going to stop production from what I have heard. It may be that at the end of the calendar year they just stop allocating them to dealers.

 

That's going to be quite an odd thing to have a 2015 when none might be build in 2015, ha ha

 

I like the term "rare" better...

 

F58 or F59...coming soon to your MINI Dealership...not.

 

Unless BTO...you can still get them...and they are 2015s. Mine should hit dealer next week. Just left Spain en route to Baltimore.

 

The quote you responded to was for an F58 or F50 (i.e. coupe or roadster based on a new BMW chassis)...your's is a R59 with the current MINI frame and body style. Not likely to see MINI investing in the new F body and frame for any low-volume models. There may be a new roadster in the future that shares a frame with a BMW, but it's a few years away.


Enjoy your new roadster!

 

I stand corrected - with my glasses on now. ugh...middle age.

 

Left Spain ??? . . . MINI does oversees delivery or am I missing something

 

Port Country Arrival Departure BREMERHAVEN GERMANY 13/08/2014 14/08/2014 ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 15/08/2014 18/08/2014 SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM 19/08/2014 20/08/2014 SANTANDER SPAIN 22/08/2014 22/08/2014 BALTIMORE, MD U.S.A. 29/08/2014 31/08/2014 NEW YORK, NY U.S.A. 01/09/2014 01/09/2014 SAVANNAH, GA U.S.A. 03/09/2014 03/09/2014 MANZANILLO, PA PANAMA 07/09/2014 07/09/2014 AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND 24/09/2014 24/09/2014 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 28/09/2014 29/09/2014

 

I just picked up a 2015 S Coupé that I ordered May 7. It took almost two months to get a chassis allocation. I'm told there are now only two in the US and no more builds currently designated. It's probably going to be the same story with Roadsters.....very few and then none.

 

Sounds to me like you just picked up a unique car. Nice!

 

I just took a factory tour last week. Saw at least 6 Roadsters in various stages of completion, including JCWs, plus several Coupes and LOTS of Convertibles. Reports of their demise are greatly exaggerated...
The tour guide was saying that they didn't get the transition to the F56 right, and there wasn't enough dealer stock at launch, so maybe they changed some R58/R59 build slots over to the five door to make sure that they didn't get caught like that again. There were a good number of five doors on the line.

 

my 2015 roadster started its build on 9/02, and i ordered on 08/23, so they're currently available. i did BTO, however.

 

My jcw roadster went into production September 12th. Expected completion date is September 20. I figure three more weeks til delivery. Fingers crossed.

 

I know!!! Everyday that I drive my Roadster (and I mean literally every day), I think about how amazing this car is, and how fortunate I am to have it.

Now, that fortune seems greater with the impending demise of the line, but at the same time ill-fated because that likely means I will not have another one after this.

Come on, Mini: keep the soul alive!! (That "soul" being this sweet ride of an R59.)

 

Considering upgrading to a JCW - just talked to the dealer yesterday - they have Roadster slots coming up shortly, so 2015s are being built.

 

I have a friend in San Francisco who's replacing her TT with a roadster S put on order a few weeks ago. I think I might have influence her just a little

 

Interesting, as the Audi TT was a car we were considering to replace our Roadster. Any details on why she's going to the MINI?

Don

 

And in other news, there are definitely 2015 Roadsters - we just ordered a new 2015 R59 JCW!

No idea what the future will bring, so we felt like this might be our last chance to make the jump to a JCW from our current S.

Our sales guy said they got NO Coupe slots this quarter, and just two Roadster slots. He had no idea if they would have any slots for Roadster or Coupes next quarter or not.

Don

 

I think she just out lived her excitement with the TT. She had it for many years and she liked the fact it was powerful but she didn't care for the newer ones. Either she didn't like it or thought it was not new enough. I think it was more the first one.
Anyway, she had some repairs that would start to get expensive on the TT as it started to age so she decided it was time for a change. She still liked the TT very much.
Month before that she spoke about getting a new car and I told her to check out the MINIs since we just had gotten ours. She's not unfamiliar with them since she's originally from England. But she wasn't sure if it would satisfy her need for speed. I told her that the S and JCW are still pretty fast, quick, and so a month or so ago she went for a test drive and apparently was pleased enough to order one
And she went with the S not the JCW...