On my cycle to work I pass a BMW dealership, and out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a Mini on the forecourt for �26,995. So, sad that I am, I did a u-turn to have a closer look, and sure enough it was up for the best part of �27k on a 55 plate.
Now, there's no denying it did look the business (for a girls car) - it had full leather trim and lovely black alloys, but my question is - �27,000 for a second hand mini? How?
It's not a second-hand mini - it's a second-hand BMW mini, and about the only thing in common it has with the original design is the name and more-or-less the same shape. Everything else has high-end BMW specs., and that is reflected in the price. They are very popular, so their s/h value is high, hence the price tag.
Personally, I wouls pend that sort of money on a larger less-high-profile and therefore newer car, but as I said, they are very popular, and desireable, and so sell very well.
It's probably a top end mini, possibly one of the John Cooper works. Will have been tuned in the factory to put out maybe 250bhp and will have all the toys!!!
Yeh that is a hell of a wedge of cash for a Mini. I have just done a search on the internet, and found two cars above �25,000. They were both convertibles, in Kent and Surrey.
I had thought perhaps the one you saw was one of the new Mini GPs that they are making as a goodbye to this current shape mini. However, it couldn't have been one of those if it had a 55 plate.
I am very much an Audi fan, so consider the Mini just to be a very small BMW, and would definately not own one of those! heh heh.
A couple of years ago I saw a nearly new Audi S3 up at �30,995 at a dealer. Crazy money, given the basic price would have been about �23,000. You could have got a 3.0 A6 for that money!