The MINI brand is continuing its growth worldwide MINI sales up 7.6% and 33,993 vehicles sold in November. Much of that growth was centered on Asia with China, Japan and the rest of the continent up while Europe was flat. The America’s (which was impacted by the US) was down 2.4% in November.
In total this had a positive impact on YTD sales, which rose 3.0% to 334,205 deliveries. With a 25.1% increase in global sales and 73,686 deliveries in the year to the end of November, the MINI Countryman made a significant contribution to this positive trend. Despite a slow rollout in production, more than one in ten MINI Countryman models delivered in November was a plug-in hybrid.
<p>TOTAL MINI ANNUAL SALES – GLOBAL vs US</p>
<p>2013: 305,030 vs 66,502 = 21.80%
2014: 302,183 vs 56,112 = 18.57%
2015: 338,466 vs 58,514 = 17.29%
2016: 360,233 vs 52,030 = 14.44%</p>
<p>2016: 324,417 vs 47,372 = 14.59% (YTD)
2017: 334,205 vs 42,494 = 12.71% (YTD)</p>
<p>2017 has all the hallmarks of being another all-time record year for MINI Sales. December is traditionally a good month for worldwide MINI sales, with dealers offering generous discounts to meet their end of year targets.</p>