The 2025 Mini Cooper S hardtop will hit dealerships in May.
After making its initial debut last year, the next-generation 2-door Mini Cooper S makes its appearance in New York City, just before this week’s auto show. With its arrival, we now have a few more details about what American buyers can expect, including its $33,195 price tag (including a $995 destination charge) and predictable, though slightly depressing lack of a manual transmission option.
Despite that omission, you can pick out the specifics you want through the brand’s configurator page right now.
Under the hood, the only option is a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engine with 201 horsepower and 221 lb-ft of torque. All three trim levels get that engine, so there’s no three-cylinder this time around, and all mate up to a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. That’s good enough for the latest Mini to make the 0-60 sprint in 6.3 seconds.
Inside, each version of the 2025 Mini Cooper S gets the same basic layout, shown below. There’s a round center OLED infotainment screen and a modern, fairly minimalist layout for all the switchgear. This time around, the new Mini comes with two “Style” options and three trim levels.
A “Classic” style kicks off your personalization journey, complete with a mixture of cloth and “Vescin” vegan leather upholstery. You also get a gray headliner, a black dashboard and a silver-accented steering wheel. The “Favoured” style adds more choices for the seating, as well as silver exterior accents, a beige or gray dashboard, John Cooper Works sport seats and a Spray-Tech multi-tone roof that incorporates a three-color gradient rather than just a single secondary tone.
As for trims, you start off with the Signature option. That offers up four available (monotone) colors, 17-inch wheels and a heated steering wheel, as well as heated seats. The Signature trim is only available with the Classic style.
Stepping up to the Signature Plus option offers larger 18-inch wheels, remote engine start, an alarm system and another four available paint colors including two-tone roof choices — provided you’re willing to pay a $2,400 premium.
Finally, the Iconic package adds another $1,600 to the bottom-line price (for $4,100 over the base model). However, you get auto-dimming mirrors, a park assist feature, augmented reality navigation, a Harman/Kardon sound system keyless entry and wireless smartphone charging.
Production for the 2025 Mini Cooper S kicks off this month, with cars set to actually hit dealers by May.
