MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 door
What it costs to keep fuelled
$1,500a year, fuel only
The 2025 MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 door is EPA-rated at 32 MPG combined (28 city / 39 highway). Over 15,000 miles a year that is about 469 gallons, $1500 a year in fuel, or $0.100 per mile at $3.20/gal.
Across its full 2016–2025 run it averages 31.2 MPG, improving by 1 MPG over 10 model years.
The band is how far one gallon carries it: 32 of the 60 MPG this scale runs to. The square tick is the subcompact cars average, 24.1.
- Fuel, per year
- $1,500 at 15,000 mi
- Per mile
- $0.100
- Per kilometre
- $0.062
- Gallons burned/yr
- 469
1 mile = 1.609344 km · fuel at $3.20/gal, fixed JUL 2026
Test figure — not a road resultSOURCE·US EPA fuel-economy test data·FUEL ASSUMED AT $3.20/GAL FROM JUL 2026·REVIEWED JUL 2026
How this is worked out
- Start from the EPA combined figure for the model year — a laboratory test cycle run to a fixed procedure, not a road result. Where a year sold several engines or drivetrains, the trims are averaged and the trim count is printed beside the row so you can see how much averaging is behind it.
- Fix a pump price. This site keeps one reference price, $3.20 a US gallon, fixed JUL 2026 and printed next to every dollar figure it produces. It is an assumption with a date on it, not a quote — put your own price in.
- Fix an annual distance. Every annual figure on this site uses 15,000 miles a year, roughly the US average. A cost per year with no stated distance is not a number, it is a mood.
- Divide distance by economy for gallons, multiply by price for the year's fuel, divide price by economy for one mile. The per-kilometre line is that last figure divided by 1.609344 — the same money, in the unit most of the world drives in.
- Stop there. No depreciation, no tyres, no insurance, no servicing. This is the fuel line of the ledger and it is labelled as one; depreciation usually dwarfs everything on it.
gallons/yr = miles/yr ÷ MPG fuel $/yr = gallons/yr × $/gal cost $/mi = $/gal ÷ MPG cost $/km = cost $/mi ÷ 1.609344
The full method, the licence note, and what a test figure cannot tell you →
Re-run the ledger at another pump price
Every line above rests on one pump price. Here is the same entry re-costed at six others, because the price is the part that changes while the test sheet stays put.
| Fuel price | Per mile | 10,000 mi/yr | 15,000 mi/yr | 20,000 mi/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.50/gal | $0.078 | $781 | $1172 | $1563 |
| $3.00/gal | $0.094 | $938 | $1406 | $1875 |
| $3.20/gal | $0.100 | $1000 | $1500 | $2000 |
| $3.50/gal | $0.109 | $1094 | $1641 | $2188 |
| $4.00/gal | $0.125 | $1250 | $1875 | $2500 |
| $4.50/gal | $0.141 | $1406 | $2109 | $2813 |
| $5.00/gal | $0.156 | $1563 | $2344 | $3125 |
SOURCE·US EPA fuel-economy test data·FUEL ASSUMED AT $3.20/GAL FROM JUL 2026·REVIEWED JUL 2026
The whole service history, sheet by sheet
10 model years on file. Read down the combined column: a nameplate that got heavier shows it here long before any brochure admits it.
| Year | Combined | City | Highway | EPA fuel cost/yr | CO₂ g/mi | Trims |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 MPG | 28 | 39 | $2400 | 276 | 1 |
| 2024 | 31.5 MPG | 28 | 38 | $2450 | 279 | 2 |
| 2023 | 31.5 MPG | 28 | 37.5 | $2450 | 279 | 2 |
| 2022 | 31.5 MPG | 28 | 37.5 | $2450 | 279 | 2 |
| 2021 | 30.5 MPG | 27 | 37 | $2525 | 286 | 2 |
| 2020 | 31 MPG | 28 | 36 | $2500 | 281 | 1 |
| 2019 | 30.5 MPG | 27.5 | 36 | $2525 | 290 | 2 |
| 2018 | 31 MPG | 27.5 | 36 | $2475 | 287 | 2 |
| 2017 | 31 MPG | 27.5 | 36.5 | $2475 | 288 | 2 |
| 2016 | 31 MPG | 27.5 | 37 | $2475 | 285 | 2 |
Where a model year offered several engines or drivetrains, the figure is the average across all EPA-tested trims that year — the trim count is shown so you can see how much averaging is involved.
SOURCE·US EPA fuel-economy test data·FUEL ASSUMED AT $3.20/GAL FROM JUL 2026·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Marked against the rest of the subcompact cars bay
Among the 229 subcompact cars models tracked here, the MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 door ranks 15 on current figures, against a class average of 24.1 MPG — the square tick on the gauge above.
Closest more-efficient alternatives in the same class: Chevrolet Spark ACTIV (32.5), Chevrolet Spark (33), Honda Civic HX (33), Geo Metro (34.3), Ford Fiesta SFE FWD (35).
Tailpipe CO₂ is rated at 276 grams per mile, which works out to roughly 4.1 tonnes a year at 15,000 miles.
Questions asked across the counter
What MPG does the MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 door get?
The 2025 MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 door is rated at 32 MPG combined by the EPA — 28 city and 39 highway. Across all 10 model years in the database it averages 31.2 MPG, ranging from 30 to 32 depending on year and trim.
How much does a MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 door cost in fuel per year?
At 32 MPG and 15,000 miles a year, it burns about 469 gallons — roughly $1500 a year with fuel at $3.20 a gallon, or $0.100 per mile. The EPA's own published annual figure for the 2025 model is $2400.
Has the MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 door become more efficient over time?
Yes. It has gone from 31 MPG in 2016 to 32 in 2025 — an improvement of 1 MPG, or 3% across 10 model years.
Is the MINI Cooper Hardtop 4 door efficient for its class?
It ranks 15 of 229 in the Subcompact Cars class on current figures, against a class average of 24.1 MPG. That is 7.9 better than typical for the class.
Pull another logbook off the same shelf
Same class, nearest economy first — the ones a buyer is genuinely choosing between.
SOURCE·US EPA fuel-economy test data·FUEL ASSUMED AT $3.20/GAL FROM JUL 2026·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Cost per mile, per kilometre and per year are computed at a reference price of $3.20 a gallon over 15,000 miles, fixed JUL 2026 — set your own pump price. Estimates based on official test figures and average fuel prices. Real-world consumption varies with driving style, load, terrain and maintenance.
