The 2022 Mini Cooper Hardtop lineup is as appealing as ever. Both two-door and four-door models are enormously fun to drive, and they look as cute as ever. The 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine with 134 hp motivates Cooper models, while a 189-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder does duty in Cooper S variants. Six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearboxes are available, and all models send their power to the front wheels.
The most affordable Oxford Edition continues to exist at the cheapest end of the price spectrum despite it getting extras like heated front seats and dual-zone climate control. Outside of this model, there are Classic, Signature, and Iconic sub-trims. All models have an 8.8-inch touchscreen interface, six-way manual front seats, forward collision warning, and rear parking sensors. Further up in the range, the Mini gets a head-up display, leather seats, Apple CarPlay, and power-folding mirrors.
Mini Cooper pricing begins with the value-conscious Oxford Edition. In two-door guise, it starts at $19,750, just as it did last year. Continuing with the two-door range, the Cooper begins at $22,900 and the Cooper S starts at $26,900. The price of the Mini Cooper Hardtop 4-Door isn't much more. The 4-Door Oxford Edition costs $20,750. Other Mini Cooper four-door models are the Cooper at $23,900 and the Cooper S at $27,900. Besides the Oxford Editions, all other variants are $500 more expensive for the 2022 model year. Of course, these prices exclude the sub-trims that add more features. The prices above are all for the Classic sub-trim but you'll need to pay $4,000 more for the Signature and $8,000 more for the Iconic. If you don't mind spending closer to $30k and enjoy wind-in-your-hair motoring, consider the Cooper Convertible with a fabric top which we review separately.
The price of the new Mini Cooper in the USA excludes a destination charge of $850.
Mini allows individualists to choose from a range of upholsteries and colors, but the base Cooper is less customizable than others. You can add things like black hood stripes for $100 or heated front seats for $500, but there isn't much more you can choose on this model.
The Signature sub-trim is a different story. This model can be upgraded with the $1,250 Premium package that adds a heated steering wheel, power-folding mirrors, an auto-dimming interior rearview mirror, and a credit for the Harman Kardon sound system (due to limited availability of this system). The $2,000 Signature Upholstery package allows you to customize the cabin by choosing from one of several inlays or upholstery choices, including Chesterfield leather. For $1,000, the touchscreen navigation system adds navigation, Apple CarPlay, and more. The $1,800 Touchscreen Navigation Plus upgrade gets all of this plus enhanced USB and Bluetooth or wireless charging, as well as a head-up display.
The Parking Assistant can be optioned on for $500 and the head-up display will set you back the same amount. The Harman Kardon premium sound system can be specified for $750.
The 2-Door Hardtop Mini Cooper S is the best Mini to buy in our opinion as it comes with the more powerful engine right off the bat. As it is, this Cooper S starts at $26,900 (before $850 in destination and handling). This is a Mini, so we'd have to spec the six-speed manual, and we think you should too. Our tester had the $8,000 Iconic trim package, which adds leather, heated seats, the moonroof, the Multitone top, dual-zone climate control and a few other bits. We'd skip that for the lesser-priced Signature trim, however.
The Signature trim comes with the best of the more Iconic trim, including keyless entry, moonroof, ambient lighting, heated seats and more. There are no costs for colors so we'd pick something cool like Chili Red or British Racing Green. The roof and mirror colors are free options too, and there are a bunch of options for 16- and 17-inch wheels for free. We'd continue to keep it cheap with the leatherette interior, but we'd skip anything in piano black for interior surfaces - it's too shiny and gets dirty too easily. We wouldn't add anything further, and that brings us to $31,750 excluding destination for a Mini Cooper S with all the options you need.
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