Ever for the reason that Mini Cooper model was revived within the early 2000s, the British motoring icon strayed from its unique recipe in a single main space: affordability. Unfortunately, costs have solely risen over time, and the bottom value of the brand new F66 Mini Cooper continues that pattern. New base Mini Coopers begin $3,150 greater than the outgoing F56 base value, and the brand new F66 Mini Cooper S’ base value went up by a smaller margin of $1,300. The F66 Mini Cooper’s on-line configurator simply went stay, and although you may solely spec out an F66 Cooper S three door proper now, it finally ends up cheaper when totally loaded than a completely loaded F56 Cooper S three door.
The F66 Cooper S comes normal with options that had been optionally available on the earlier era, together with heated seats, distant begin, a panoramic moonroof, a heated steering wheel, a wi-fi charger and a head-up show. The F66 Cooper S additionally will get an influence bump, up 12 horsepower to a complete of 201 whereas torque stays the identical at 221 lb-ft. Trim packages on the brand new Cooper S are actually extra inexpensive too, with the highest Iconic trim costing $3,700 lower than it value so as to add to a present Mini.
Aside from providing extra normal options than the F56 Cooper, the F66 additionally affords extra fascinating accessible choices like powered entrance seats with place reminiscence for the primary time in a Mini Cooper. Although it’s not particularly listed on the configurator, blind spot monitor lights are seen within the aspect view mirrors of the brand new Cooper S within the configurator, which can be one other first for the little Cooper.
The new configurator is a bit complicated, with numerous completely different trims and bundled possibility packages required to spec completely different options, however when speccing out the costliest F66 Cooper S potential, the MSRP was $39,045 together with vacation spot. When speccing out the costliest F56 Cooper S three door, the MSRP was $42,545. Unfortunately, the F66 configurator doesn’t supply any racing stripe choices in the intervening time, a Mini Cooper trademark that I actually hope makes a return earlier than new fashions hit the market.
Other modifications from the F56 embody newly accessible “Styles” to select from, Classic Style and Favoured Style. Classic Style appears to maintain issues aligned with a darkish theme together with a darkish dashboard and black inside and exterior trims, whereas Favoured Style has a light-weight tan dashboard and options gentle gold accents inside and outside, a shade Mini misleadingly calls Vibrant Silver. Of course there are the compulsory new shade selections and wheel choices. New paint colours embody Chili Red II, Ocean Wave Green, and Sunny Side Yellow, and all new wheel designs together with a questionable set of 17-inch “Vibrant Silver” AKA gentle gold U-spoke design.
In all, it looks as if the worth improve for the brand new 2025 Mini Cooper S three-door hatchback truly goes to providing extra options and a greater general bundle than the outgoing F56 Cooper S. All I do know is I can’t wait to get behind the wheel and provides it a full overview.
Source: jalopnik.com