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slegorreta · Dec 30th, 2002, 05:23 AM

I have been doing some research to see how well the MINI is selling in Mexico and to my surprise, information was extremely scarce.

Finally, I managed to get a hold on real figures filed with the local Car Sales Association. It turns out that MINI sold 970 cars in Mexico from April 2002 through September 2002. Expectations for the end of 2002 were of 1,200 cars sold.

The information I got does not say how many of those sold account for Mini Cooper and how many for Mini Cooper S (Mini One not sold in Mexico).

According to BMW's press release of December 23rd 2002, Mini sold 105,000 cars worldwide from January through September 2002 (5,000 more cars than expected).

!!Leading sales countries (Jan-Sep 02):
UK: 26,000
GERMANY: 17,250
USA: 15,800

Do you have numbers for your countries???

Cheers!!

eltel · Dec 31st, 2002, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by slegorreta
I have been doing some research to see how well the MINI is selling in Mexico and to my surprise, information was extremely scarce.

Finally, I managed to get a hold on real figures filed with the local Car Sales Association. It turns out that MINI sold 970 cars in Mexico from April 2002 through September 2002. Expectations for the end of 2002 were of 1,200 cars sold.

The information I got does not say how many of those sold account for Mini Cooper and how many for Mini Cooper S (Mini One not sold in Mexico).

According to BMW's press release of December 23rd 2002, Mini sold 105,000 cars worldwide from January through September 2002 (5,000 more cars than expected).

!!Leading sales countries (Jan-Sep 02):
UK: 26,000
GERMANY: 17,250
USA: 15,800

Do you have numbers for your countries???

Cheers!!

According to BMW Australia, they've sold about 1100 MINIs, of which 450 are the S model, the rest Coopers.

Regards, ElTel

paddy · Dec 31st, 2002, 02:29 PM

more than two

tip · Dec 31st, 2002, 03:27 PM

The sales person when buying my car said that Canada was alotted around 2000 coopers for 2002 and 700 Cooper "S" I am sure that figure has gone up.

Charles

slegorreta · Jan 1st, 2003, 12:14 AM

I wonder how Japan is doing? Considering how fond the Japanese market became of the original Mini and that thousands of cars were sold there, I would hope the MINI to be a success there as well...

Cheers!!!

Mini M! · Jan 1st, 2003, 12:50 AM

i think MINI has a tough time in Japan, considering the number of K-cars available over there... competition is pretty high there. My last trip to Japan in Osaka found only a handful of mini's on the street.

the idea of a modern-retro compact car is not new to them. the nissan Figaro or PAO was quite interesting and they had those out about 10 years ago.

HarryHBMCC · Jan 8th, 2003, 05:00 PM

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Originally posted by tip
The sales person when buying my car said that Canada was alotted around 2000 coopers for 2002 and 700 Cooper "S" I am sure that figure has gone up.

Charles

Hmm, not up actually if they expected to sell 2700. See http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/030108-2.htm

"BMW Group's Mini Canada division sold 2,102 Cooper and Cooper S vehicles in its first nine months of sales."

My dealer still has a bunch of 2002s on the lot and a good number of 2003s as well.

Harry

Dec 30th, 2002, 05:23 AM	#1
slegorreta Mexican MINI Maniac Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Mexico City Local Time: 08:46 PM Posts: 165 Offline	How many MINIs have been sold in your country? I have been doing some research to see how well the MINI is selling in Mexico and to my surprise, information was extremely scarce. Finally, I managed to get a hold on real figures filed with the local Car Sales Association. It turns out that MINI sold 970 cars in Mexico from April 2002 through September 2002. Expectations for the end of 2002 were of 1,200 cars sold. The information I got does not say how many of those sold account for Mini Cooper and how many for Mini Cooper S (Mini One not sold in Mexico). According to BMW's press release of December 23rd 2002, Mini sold 105,000 cars worldwide from January through September 2002 (5,000 more cars than expected). !!Leading sales countries (Jan-Sep 02): UK: 26,000 GERMANY: 17,250 USA: 15,800 Do you have numbers for your countries??? Cheers!! MEXICAN MINI Maniac "As we have seen, you can be at high "tenth values" without going over 50 m.p.h." Denis Jenkinson, in The Racing Driver. MundoMini.com El sitio del nuevo MINI en Español

Dec 31st, 2002, 11:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
eltel MINIstry of Fun Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eastern Suburbs, Mel Local Time: 11:46 AM Posts: 1,566 Offline	Re: How many MINIs have been sold in your country? Quote: Originally posted by slegorreta I have been doing some research to see how well the MINI is selling in Mexico and to my surprise, information was extremely scarce. Finally, I managed to get a hold on real figures filed with the local Car Sales Association. It turns out that MINI sold 970 cars in Mexico from April 2002 through September 2002. Expectations for the end of 2002 were of 1,200 cars sold. The information I got does not say how many of those sold account for Mini Cooper and how many for Mini Cooper S (Mini One not sold in Mexico). According to BMW's press release of December 23rd 2002, Mini sold 105,000 cars worldwide from January through September 2002 (5,000 more cars than expected). !!Leading sales countries (Jan-Sep 02): UK: 26,000 GERMANY: 17,250 USA: 15,800 Do you have numbers for your countries??? Cheers!! According to BMW Australia, they've sold about 1100 MINIs, of which 450 are the S model, the rest Coopers. Regards, ElTel

Dec 31st, 2002, 02:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
paddy Anyone seen MP lately??? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Olney, MD Local Time: 09:46 PM Posts: 1,125 Offline	more than two "We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail..." -- President George W. Bush - Sept. 20, 2001

Dec 31st, 2002, 03:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
tip Motor On! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Toronto Local Time: 08:46 PM Posts: 830 Offline	The sales person when buying my car said that Canada was alotted around 2000 coopers for 2002 and 700 Cooper "S" I am sure that figure has gone up. Charles BRG/W MCS

Jan 1st, 2003, 12:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
slegorreta Mexican MINI Maniac Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Mexico City Local Time: 08:46 PM Posts: 165 Offline	I wonder how Japan is doing? Considering how fond the Japanese market became of the original Mini and that thousands of cars were sold there, I would hope the MINI to be a success there as well... Cheers!!! MEXICAN MINI Maniac "As we have seen, you can be at high "tenth values" without going over 50 m.p.h." Denis Jenkinson, in The Racing Driver. MundoMini.com El sitio del nuevo MINI en Español

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Jan 1st, 2003, 12:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
Mini M! MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Canada Local Time: 05:46 PM Posts: 152 Offline	i think MINI has a tough time in Japan, considering the number of K-cars available over there... competition is pretty high there. My last trip to Japan in Osaka found only a handful of mini's on the street. the idea of a modern-retro compact car is not new to them. the nissan Figaro or PAO was quite interesting and they had those out about 10 years ago.

Jan 8th, 2003, 05:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
HarryHBMCC MINI2 Master Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Guelph, Ontario, Can Local Time: 08:46 PM Posts: 2,655 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by tip The sales person when buying my car said that Canada was alotted around 2000 coopers for 2002 and 700 Cooper "S" I am sure that figure has gone up. Charles Hmm, not up actually if they expected to sell 2700. See http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/030108-2.htm "BMW Group's Mini Canada division sold 2,102 Cooper and Cooper S vehicles in its first nine months of sales." My dealer still has a bunch of 2002s on the lot and a good number of 2003s as well. Harry MINI Cooper Cabrio: now the car with go cart handling really feels like an open go cart! "... the only man that can come home at 3 am in the morning without getting into trouble with his spouse is the owner of a British sports car!" -- Phil Bailey

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