From MINIUSA PR:

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, December 2, 2003 … Sales of BMW Group vehicles (BMW and MINI brands combined) rose 6.4 percent in November, with sales of 25,086, compared to 23,579 last November. The BMW Group also recorded year-to-date sales of 251,954, a jump of 9.4% percent over the 230,370 vehicles reported in the first eleven months of 2002.

Sales of MINI brand automobiles continue to skyrocket and MINI USA reported November sales of 3,194 automobiles – an increase of 18 percent from the 2,706 cars reported in that month last year. Sales of MINI automobiles for the first eleven months of 2003 totaled 32,005.