Latest figures from BMW Group USA reflect the MINIs ever increasing popularity stateside

MINI USA have reported that year-to-date sales of MINI automobiles have surpassed the 36,036 reported for the entire calendar year 2004. For the first eleven months of 2004, MINI USA reported sales of 38,384 cars, compared to 32,222 cars in the same period a year ago, an increase of 19 percent. The division also reported monthly sales of 3,171 cars compared to 3,363 cars sold in November of 2004, a decrease of 6 percent.

Interestingly, in November 2005, hardtop Cooper S sales more than doubled hardtop MINI Cooper sales, with sales of the S model at 1,442 units, and the Cooper at 712. The Convertible saw a closer contest, with the Convertible S selling 565, compared to 452 for the MINI Cooper, which is a truer reflection of the sales balance for the year to date.