Mini Cooper S Convertible Favoured Pack vs John Cooper Works Pack: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹2.50L ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹61.50L for the John Cooper Works Pack against ₹59.00L for the Favoured Pack.+₹2.50L
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Moving up costs you ₹2.50L ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹61.50L for the John Cooper Works Pack against ₹59.00L for the Favoured Pack.
For that you get frequency-selective dampers.
It is not all one way: the John Cooper Works Pack gives up wheel size (18" against 17").
Favoured Pack or John Cooper Works Pack, and what each costs
Where you start
Favoured Pack
The only regular Cooper S Convertible Mini sells here, and it comes loaded: 18in wheels, John Cooper Works sport seats in Vescin with electric adjustment and driver memory, the head-up display, Harman Kardon sound and the round 9.4in OLED screen, on the same 204 PS engine as the hatch. The roof folds in 18 seconds at up to 30 km/h, and the boot is 215 litres closed, 160 open: this is the price of the sunshine.
- Favoured Pack Turbo Petrol AT₹59.00Lex-showroom Delhi
The step up
John Cooper Works Pack
Rs 2.50 lakh over the Favoured Pack buys the John Cooper Works look and the adaptive suspension to go with it: JCW cord-and-Vescin seats, the JCW steering wheel, 17in JCW Sprint Spoke black wheels and the body kit, in Legend Grey or Midnight Black. Same 204 PS; this is the sharper-handling convertible, sold in limited numbers.
- John Cooper Works Pack Turbo Petrol AT₹61.50Lex-showroom Delhi
Our take
Keeps ₹2.50L, and gives up only frequency-selective dampers
Buy the Mini Cooper S Convertible Favoured Pack and keep the ₹2.50L: the Cooper S Convertible John Cooper Works Pack only adds small touches like frequency-selective dampers. Nothing there changes the car.
What Favoured Pack to John Cooper Works Pack costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹2,67,500 to ₹3,07,500 on the road, against the ₹2,50,000 the price list shows.
Why the road figure moves, and by how much
Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹2,50,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts.
The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹40,000 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest.
Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹40,000, and both be right.
Mini Cooper S Convertible on-road price, in all 25 states we price →
What the John Cooper Works Pack adds
- Frequency-selective dampers
And what it gives up
- Wheel size18" → 17"
Favoured Pack vs John Cooper Works Pack: the questions people ask
- Is the Mini Cooper S Convertible John Cooper Works Pack worth ₹2.50L over the Favoured Pack?
- For ₹2.50L you get frequency-selective dampers. You would give up wheel size (18" against 17").
- What does the Mini Cooper S Convertible John Cooper Works Pack have that the Favoured Pack does not?
- It adds frequency-selective dampers.
- What does the Mini Cooper S Convertible John Cooper Works Pack give up against the Favoured Pack?
- It gives up wheel size (18" against 17"). Worth weighing against what it adds before deciding the dearer trim is simply the better car.
- How much is the Mini Cooper S Convertible Favoured Pack?
- ₹59.00L ex-showroom, and it is sold one way only: the Favoured Pack Turbo Petrol AT.
- How much is the Mini Cooper S Convertible John Cooper Works Pack?
- ₹61.50L ex-showroom, and it is sold one way only: the John Cooper Works Pack Turbo Petrol AT.
- What does the step from the Cooper S Convertible Favoured Pack to the John Cooper Works Pack cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹2,67,500 to ₹3,07,500 on the road, against the ₹2,50,000 the price list shows. Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹2,50,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts. The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹40,000 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest. Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹40,000, and both be right.
Prices are ex-showroom and features follow each maker's official material. Data updated . Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.