MINI Sales September Down 7.2% for the US

MINI USA had another rough month with sales off 7.2% off when compared to September of last year. To make matters worse, there were 26 sales days this year and only 25...

MINI US May Sales Down 11.6%

It’s been another difficult month for MINI in the US. With sales off over 11% in May compared to last year, it wasn’t a good month at all! Especially when the overall...

MotoringFile Celebrates 15 Years of MINI USA

Time flies doesn’t it? 15 years ago today I drove to the local MINI dealer (which opened without ceremony an hour before) and test drove a car that would go on to...

MINI December Sales Numbers Down, but Stable

MINI USA ended 2016 down, but far from out. December deliveries were down 7% compared to the same month in 2015, but this is still less of a decline than the 11.1%...

November US Sales Numbers in Context

Due to travel conflicts, we couldn’t post the November sales numbers in the context of the industry as a whole. This post is about the November US industry-wide sales trends and how...

Why Are MINI USA Sales Are Dropping?

Fact: Since 2008 MINI USA’s share of total MINI sales has steadily decreased. Even the raw numbers (courtesy of reader Nick Dawson) are pretty interesting: TOTAL ANNUAL MINI GLOBAL SALES vs TOTAL...

April Year-on-Year Sales Down 12.4%

MINI sales decline continues into April this year, with monthly sales down by 680 units compared to last year. The only real good news for the brand seems to be that the...