Autoweek Senior Web Editor Greg Migliori found the 2009 MCS Convertible "fun" and "comfortable."
Migliore says,
The six-speed manual is golden. It's truly an interactive, enthusiasts' car. Dropping down gears during turns with the top down and enjoying the grip from this tight chassis is an absolute riot. Steering is precise and rigid.
Autoweek Senior News Editor Bob Gritzinger, however, was more critical. He said, in relevant part,
. . . the top peeves likely would be the lack of utility because of the cargo-space-eating roll bar in back, and the $30,000-plus price tag on this baby. Leave out the Openometer, and maybe make a manual-folding roof model, and then the price becomes reasonable (translation: more fun). Also, on this test car, I found the driver's-side seatbelt's lack of retraction a pain. Finally--and this applies to all Cooper S models--why does it require the driver to activate the "Sport" setting each time the car is started to access the engine's high-strung tuning? In a car that's all about being sporty, it seems that the default setting should be "Sport" and those who want to be dull can punch a button to turn it off.
