Unless you're the type to get all hot and bothered at the sight of camouflage on essentially superfluous rear windows and chrome bits, what we see here is the 2009 Mini Cooper S Convertible. The new Mini 'vert gets a mild refresh for the next model year with a tweaked nose, tweaked trim pieces and pop-up rollover protection replacing the bulky (and silly) static roll bars in place now. Expect the Mini Cooper S Convertible to make its official debut at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January. [Global Motors]

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