MINI USA Configurator Updated for 2008

One item that is not listed and yet every Mini buyer is paying is the “Mini brand”. To create, promote and maintain the brand, they have been spending millions. It is the abstract “value” that will cost you. I say maybe a thousand or so? If you are happy buying and driving and showing off your Mini, well, that is the value of the brand. And it is not free.

19K for a Speed3?? Are there factory incentives on them? Invoice is like 21K stripped…..I would say that doesn’t bode well for resale….

I know a guy that paid huge dollars, like 2k over sticker, for a 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege. He paid well over $20k. There’s one on eBay right now that got bid up to, wait for it, $6500! Think you might get a little more than than for an ’03 Cooper S?

Honestly, the price differences are minor from ’07 to ’08. What’s changed is they way they package some of the options. For example, if you want Xenons, it’s going to cost more in ’08 than it would have if you’re counting them as part of the ’07 Sport Pack. But I don’t see many individual options that have gone up a substantial amount, and many are lower; Navi, Aero Kit, Bluetooth all down $100.

I speced a 08 like my 03 and come up with a $4000+ price diffrence AND they are still ugly ducks compared to the uncomprimised R53….just makes me happy to have the car I have….

If I were going to get a MINI today I’d get a ClubmanS, MCCS is it? Spec’d with a few necessities it comes out at $27,970 which is alot since that price does not include cool JCW items. This is with Sport Pack (2000), LSD (500), RF Lamp 100), Chrome Interior (250), Anthracite HL(250), PB Interior(250), Invisisheild-Foglamps (20). This is a lot of money and please notice I will not be getting sunroof, leather, navigation, HD, Serious, 10 speakers, 18″ wheels, etc, etc. So this will have to wait for another year or two and by then who knows…

Just spec’d out a Clubbie S at around 26K, about 2K more than the “Just a Clubman” with similar features. (pretty tame except the cold pack and the MFSW.)

I don’t think that is outrageous since my ‘O6 MCS was about 24K and I am never giving it up!

The Clubman (what is it, R55?) is going to be our 2nd MINI come this summer. I can live without all the toys, and just enjoy the driving. I’ve got other toys at HOME for lounging and all that.

While I love to pretend that I need all those options on the configurator, and regularly save a NEW BUILD, maybe I should be more true to the original concept of Mini and just take a base model with NOTHING added!

I’m sure it’s worth it…but I just priced out Clubman S to the same standard as my ‘04 MCS plus a few items and it came to more than $29k. My ‘04 was under $21k.

That doesn’t add up-an early ’04 MCS was $19999 including destination; in January ’04 they went to $20449. So your car had to have no packages, maybe just metallic paint.

To price out an ’08 MCS that way would be in the mid $22k range, which is actually crazy cheap if you look at what the Euro is doing against the dollar. A Clubman would be $2250 more-not worth it to me, but not a bad deal for the additional doors and storage. $29k gets you a lot of extras…..