Mini Cooper S Favoured Pack vs Oxford Edition: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹2.25L ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹55.50L for the Oxford Edition against ₹53.25L for the Favoured Pack.+₹2.25L
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹2.25L ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹55.50L for the Oxford Edition against ₹53.25L for the Favoured Pack.
For that you get wheel size (18" against 17").
Favoured Pack or Oxford Edition, and what each costs
Where you start
Favoured Pack
Rs 2.85 lakh over the Classic buys John Cooper Works sport seats in Vescin, electric adjustment with driver memory and the Active Seat, and the choice of 18in wheels. Nothing mechanical changes; this is the comfortable Cooper S rather than the quick one.
- Favoured Pack Turbo Petrol AT₹53.25Lex-showroom Delhi
The step up
Oxford Edition
A Favoured Pack dressed for Oxford: a full Union Jack roof, unique 18in dual-tone alloys, black JCW seats, crossed-flags badging and Oxford door sills, in Indigo Sunset Blue or Chilli Red, for Rs 2.25 lakh over the Favoured. Same engine, same features underneath; this one is about the look, and it is sold in limited numbers.
- Oxford Edition Turbo Petrol AT₹55.50Lex-showroom Delhi
Our take
Keeps ₹2.25L, and gives up only wheel size (18" against 17")
Buy the Mini Cooper S Favoured Pack and keep the ₹2.25L: the Cooper S Oxford Edition only adds small touches like wheel size (18" against 17"). Nothing there changes the car.
What Favoured Pack to Oxford Edition costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹2,40,750 to ₹2,76,750 on the road, against the ₹2,25,000 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 ₹2,25,000 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 ₹36,000 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 ₹36,000, and both be right.
What the Oxford Edition adds
- Wheel size17" → 18"
Favoured Pack vs Oxford Edition: the questions people ask
- Is the Mini Cooper S Oxford Edition worth ₹2.25L over the Favoured Pack?
- For ₹2.25L you get wheel size (18" against 17").
- What does the Mini Cooper S Oxford Edition have that the Favoured Pack does not?
- It adds wheel size (18" against 17").
- How much is the Mini Cooper S Favoured Pack?
- ₹53.25L ex-showroom, and it is sold one way only: the Favoured Pack Turbo Petrol AT.
- How much is the Mini Cooper S Oxford Edition?
- ₹55.50L ex-showroom, and it is sold one way only: the Oxford Edition Turbo Petrol AT.
- What does the step from the Cooper S Favoured Pack to the Oxford Edition cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹2,40,750 to ₹2,76,750 on the road, against the ₹2,25,000 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 ₹2,25,000 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 ₹36,000 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 ₹36,000, 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.