From MINIUSA press:
MINI USA reported a rise in January sales with 2,917, compared to the 2,756 sold in 2004. The MINI Cooper Convertible and MINI Cooper S Convertible models were introduced in September 2004.
The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported sales of 19,764 vehicles in January 2005, an increase of 22.5% percent over the January 2004 sales of 16,135.
BTW – for those scoring at home, MINIUSA missed the magic 100,000 sales mark by just under 500 with the addition of January’s sales. It should be broken sometime in early February.
<p>I’ll bet it has something to do with the LSD and Convertible maybe….?</p>
<p>Might have a little bit to do with the MCSa as well.</p>
<p>Gabe,</p>
<p>Any indication if this is the result of a real production increase (i.e. a growth trend over time) or maybe just one more ship came in to port with MINIs this month (showing up as a one time jump).</p>
<p>Congratlations MINI</p>
<p>January sales are actually low compared with most months (although Jan’05 is higher than Jan’04); see <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gbmini.net/sales.shtml">all sales data here</a>.
The reason is likely a combination of UK holidays and the new-for-2005 changes being phased in. It is not likely to be due to a fall in demand!</p>