From BMW/MINI Press

The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported its best February ever, with sales of 19,561, an increase of 2.3 percent over the 19,127 reported in the same month last year. Year-to-date sales for the Group were down slightly (8.4 percent) with 35,696 vehicles reported compared to 38,950 for the first two months of 2003.

The MINI division reported monthly sales of 2,658, with 1,304 MINI Coopers and 1,354 MINI Cooper S models, an increase of 4.5 percent over the 2,544 MINIs sold in February 2003. Year-to-date, total MINI brand sales are 5,414, an increase of 1 percent over the 5,362 sold in the same period a year ago.