2012 MINI Cooper S

Listed by a franchise dealer in San Jose, CA · On lot for 17 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA

This used 2012 MINI Cooper S is listed at $8,972 by capitol honda in San Jose, CA 95136. It has 105,997 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Red. It features a FWD drivetrain with a 1.6L I4 engine and Automatic transmission.

OAV's independent, evidence-backed Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Fair Price — priced in line with the local market for comparable vehicles. Based on 15 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $6,999 to $10,144. These comparisons match year, make, model, and market, using trim where trim data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparables for odometer — where mileage would distort a verdict, it withholds one instead.

This vehicle has been on the lot for 17 days.

Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477).

Market context

This listing is part of OAV's broader San Jose, CA hatchbacks market analysis. OAV compares vehicles by local and regional price-to-market ranges and comparable count; days-on-lot and demand signals are shown separately, not as verdict inputs.

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How this deal is rated

OAV compares this 2012 MINI Cooper against similar vehicles currently available in the local and regional market — same make, model, and year range, using trim where trim data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparables for odometer; on very high-mileage vehicles it withholds a verdict rather than overstate a discount the odometer explains. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:

• Great Deal — priced below the comparable-range floor by a meaningful margin (OAV's minimum-gap rule); a listing below the floor by less than that margin is Fair Price.
• Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
• Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.

Listings show OAV's PTM-derived deal quality and live market context. OAV-claimed dealers manage their listing profile and route buyer inquiries directly. Paid OAV partners can surface additional verification signals, but commercial participation never changes a listing's Price-to-Market verdict, eligibility, ranking, or confidence.

How this listing is verified

This vehicle listing was aggregated from a franchise dealer in San Jose, CA, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN WMWSV3C55CT386014 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.

Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles within the same geographic market.

2012 MINI Cooper Market in CA

Based on all 132 2010-2014 MINI Cooper listings in the CA market, the average asking price is $7,617. This listing at $8,972 is $1,355 above the broader CA average (18% above the CA average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across CA; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in CA range from $5,092 to $9,995. Similar vehicles spend an average of 192 days on dealer lots in this market.

Similar MINI Cooper Listings in CA

8 similar listings shown (closest matches within ±2 model years) and ±30,000 miles (subject trim: S — compare trims below)