MINI Cooper Hardtop 2 door MPG by year — every rating on record

The MINI Cooper Hardtop 2 door has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 10 model years, from 2016 to 2025. Across those years its best rated version returned 32 mpg (2016) and its thirstiest returned 30 mpg (2016). The EPA record holds 18 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Subcompact Cars.

Year-by-year EPA ratings

Where it has stood in its class

Ranked against every other nameplate the EPA filed under the same class that year. The MINI Cooper Hardtop 2 door placed highest in 2019 at #6 of 85, and lowest in 2024 at #13 of 69. It spent 10 of its 10 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 18 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 1 of 2 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Cooper Hardtop 2 door fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2025 MINI Cooper Hardtop 2 door burns 359 to 359 gallons depending on configuration. Below is what that costs at three pump prices, and how much more the thirstiest configuration costs than the most efficient one.

EPA’s own estimate for the 2025 model year is $2,400 to $2,400 a year in fuel, or $750 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Subcompact Cars

Across the 461 nameplates EPA classifies as Subcompact Cars, the median best combined rating is 24 mpg. At 32 mpg the MINI Cooper Hardtop 2 door is 8 mpg better the median, which is worth about $419 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Subcompact Cars rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other MINI nameplates

Every MINI model compared → — all nameplates ranked by best combined rating, with what each one costs a year.