The Most Expensive F66 Mini Cooper S Is Under $40,000

Ever since the Mini Cooper brand was revived in the early 2000s, the British motoring icon strayed from its original recipe in one major area: affordability. Unfortunately, prices have only risen over the years, and the base price of the new F66 Mini Cooper continues that trend. New base Mini Coopers start $3,150 higher than the outgoing F56 base price, and the new F66 Mini Cooper S’ base price went up by a smaller margin of $1,300. The F66 Mini Cooper’s online configurator just went live, and though you can only spec out an F66 Cooper S three door right now, it ends up cheaper when fully loaded than a fully loaded F56 Cooper S three door.

The F66 Cooper S comes standard with features that were optional on the previous generation, including heated seats, remote start, a panoramic moonroof, a heated steering wheel, a wireless charger and a head-up display. The F66 Cooper S also gets a power bump, up 12 horsepower to a total of 201 while torque stays the same at 221 lb-ft. Trim packages on the new Cooper S are now more affordable too, with the top Iconic trim costing $3,700 less than it cost to add to a current Mini.

Aside from offering more standard features than the F56 Cooper, the F66 also offers more desirable available options like powered front seats with position memory for the first time in a Mini Cooper. Although it’s not specifically listed on the configurator, blind spot monitor lights are visible in the side view mirrors of the new Cooper S in the configurator, which will be another first for the little Cooper.