I've had a dew MINIs - Cooper, Cooper
Convertible, Cooper S, JCW Clubman, Cooper S Countryman - some better than
others but all entertaining to drive and good to own (except the Clubman which had a
clutch failure at 40,000 miles that led to a drawn out warranty dispute).
In
other words, the broad selection of E90 / E92 / E93 sedan / coupe /
convertible M3s, with their manual and dual -
clutch automatic transmissions, might not sell as well as the coupe - only, manual - only — technically, the SMG was an automatic, given its lack of
clutch pedal, but it did a lousy job of appealing to automatic - transmission buyers — E46 did.