Used Car of the Day: 2013 Mini Coupe John Cooper Works

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

Today we go with a 2013 Mini Coupe John Cooper Works for the Used Car of the Day. And that's not because there's a Mini sitting in my garage as I type.


This one appears to be in "excellent" condition with just 57,000 miles on the odometer.

The seller claims to have "babied" this manual-transmission car.

There is one mod -- a cold-air intake has been installed.

Click here to see more of this Denver-based ride by clicking here. The asking price is $16,000.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Lloyd Bonified Lloyd Bonified on Dec 12, 2024
    Such a strange car. I'd love to know how something like this came to market
    • Dave M. Dave M. on Dec 13, 2024
      I fully agree. A friend bought one and got rid of it within a year; not because of problems but because it was too tiny (she's not a big woman).
  • MaintenanceCosts MaintenanceCosts on Dec 13, 2024
    The Coupe is dumb-looking, and just dumb. Buy a Hardtop from this generation. Those are cool.
    • Lloyd Bonified Lloyd Bonified on Dec 13, 2024
      It's like someone at Mini saw a CRX and said "We need to do that to our car" and never stopped to think if they should or not.
  • Andarris Here in the Toronto area I haven't seen a 2006-2012 with intact rocker pannels for over two years now. I presume everywhere around the Great Lakes is the same ? They were super cheap dhring the first two years of the pandemic - could get one with less than 85K for around $6500 certified or a little higher mileage for $5000. Glad I skipped it, even in 2021 some of the 10's &11's were displaying corosion like you'd see on a 7 year older Impala, Camry or Accord. Also the mid-model switch to EPS made me balk at the few clean ones I found.
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  • Michael S6 The 3 Amigos better hope that the oil spike is short lived as 4-5 dollar a gallon gas would put a damper on their cash cows especially "Ford's strategic shift" of killing off the escape/Lincoln cousin. Most other automakers have a full line of vehicles with much better full economy. GM is sucking air and its Cadillac devision is mostly EV and geriatric line up of ICE cars and SUV's that were supposed to be phased out this year. The expensive gas may push shoppers toward EV but GM's horrible EV reliability is a barrier.
  • Tane94 I read the GM press release about first quarter sales 2026 vs 2025 and Buick is getting its butt kicked:Buick Total* 41,654 61,822 -32.6 The future is bleak for Buick.
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