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MINI Sales Drop In October 2013, Still Up For The Year

BMW and MINI numbers for October 2013 are contained in a press release posted at BMW Group PressClub USA.

MINI sales are up 1.7% over last year but October 2013 sales fell 3.2% from sales in October 2012. Here are the portins of the press release pertaining to MINI:

MINI Brand Sales

In October, MINI USA reported sales of 5,700 automobiles, a decrease of 3.2 percent from the 5,888 sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, MINI sales in the U.S. are up 1.7 percent on volume of 55,335 compared to 54,419 in the first ten months of 2012.

MINI Pre-Owned Vehicles 

In October, MINI used automobiles (including MINI NEXT certified pre-owned and pre-owned) continued its year of record breaking, smashing last year’s October sales with an increase of 30.4 percent to 1,962 vehicles from 1,505 sold in October, 2012. January through October, MINI used vehicle sales are up 19.1 percent on volume of 18,143 compared to 15,233 in the same period of 2012.

  Table 1: Vehicle Sales BMW of North America, LLC, October 2013

October
2013
October
 2012
%
YTD Oct 2013
YTD Oct
 2012
%
BMW brand
27,574
26,451
4.2
240,139
212,848
12.8
BMW passenger cars
22,100
18,292
20.8
179,504
148,190
21.1
BMW light trucks

5,474
8,159
-32.9

60,635
64,658
-6.2

MINI brand
5,700
5,888
-3.2

55,335
54,419
1.7

TOTAL Group
33,274
32,339
2.9

295,474
267,267
10.6