MINI USA Sales Are Down 16% for January
MINI USA sales are down 16.3% for January, off almost 500 vehicles from the same month a year ago. Interestingly the breakdown in models shows the Countryman (mislabeled in the chart below) down 41.3% from last year. That’s a staggering 614 vehicles. Why is MINI’s number one seller down so much when the four door hatch was up 28% and the Clubman down only 14%? We’re trying to find some answers but so far it’s unclear to us.
MINI USA Sales – Pre-owned
MINI Certified Pre-Owned sold 859 vehicles, an increase of 19.6 percent from January 2018.
Total MINI Pre-Owned sold 2,035 vehicles, a decrease of .2 percent from January 2018.
<p>This has been up for 24 hrs. and Nick Dawson has not commented :)</p>
<p>A thousand apologies for my delay in commenting on MINI USA Sales in January. In mitigation, we are spending the winter months at our tropical retreat 5.4°N of the equator, on Penang Island in Malaysia, and have just returned from an incredibly relaxing trip ‘outstation’ to one of the less populated and less developed parts of Peninsular Malaysia.</p>
<p>U.S. light-vehicle sales dropped 1 percent in January, with higher fleet shipments offsetting lower retail volume, as the government shutdown and severe cold that blasted the Midwest this week dampened consumer demand. Cars remain a weak spot across the industry, falling 4 percent last month. Automotive News has the full story.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.autonews.com/sales/sales-dip-behind-jan-chill-saar-falls-169m" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.autonews.com/sales/sales-dip-behind-jan-chill-saar-falls-169m</a></p>
<p>Overall, BMW USA passenger car sales were the lowest since 2013, while MINI USA sales were the lowest since 2010.</p>
<p>MINI vs BMW PASSENGER CARS – JANUARY SALES</p>
<p>2019: 2,457 vs 10,874
2018: 2,937 vs 11,910
2017: 3,110 vs 11,039
2016: 3,238 vs 12,849
2015: 3,228 vs 13,597
2014: 2,543 vs 12,418
2013: 3,682 vs 10,044
2012: 3,334 vs 11,826
2011: 2,751 vs 11,435
2010: 2,247 vs 10,033</p>
<p>UKL PLATFORM BASED VEHICLE SALES – JANUARY 2019:</p>
<p>Hardtop —– 985 (+03.95%)
BMW X1 —– 941 (-43.90%)
Countryman 871 (-41.30%)
BMW X2 —– 616 ( 00.00%)
Convertible – 397 (+97,50%)
Clubman —- 204 (-14.30%)</p>
<p>Any idea why they don’t list Countryman numbers?</p>
<p>Mentioned in the article – they mistakenly referred to it as the Coupe.</p>