First official promo footage of the new MINI Roadster—shot in the streets of Istanbul, directed by Peter Berg (Hancock, Very Bad Things)—is out. Drop-down top, up to four engines to choose from (depending on where in the world you are), top flight compact car performance engineering and premium styling throughout means that special MINI-driving rush—as one MINI lover put it, the “time-honoured MINI go-kart feeling”—gets a major upgrade. Set to launch in 2012.