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Through the first eight months of 2015, the majority of U.S. sales generated by BMW's Mini brand were developed by four-door models.
The so-called Mini Cooper Hardtop 4-Door, the stretched version of Mini's third-generation hatchback, was released as an all-new model at the beginning of this year. 10,425 Mini Cooper 4-Doors have been sold so far. In many other markets, it's referred to as the 5-Door, and it's not to be confused with the upcoming Clubman.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
In the prior generation, the Clubman was a stretched version of the conventional Mini but did not have four traditional passenger doors. The Clubman version of BMW's third Mini Cooper is essentially a Mini wagon. The 2016 Clubman goes on sale soon, priced from $24,950.
Another 10,879 4-door Minis were sold in the first eight months of 2015 in the form of the Countryman crossover. On sale since late 2010, Countryman volume peaked in the United States at more than 22,000 units in calendar year 2014. In 2015, Countryman sales are down 29%, year-over-year, a loss of 4337 units compared with the first eight months of 2014.
Overall Mini volume is up 16% to 40,560 units in 2015, placing the brand on track for more than 60,000 sales, an upgrade compared with 2011 and 2014 but likely fewer sales than the brand managed in 2013 and 2014.
That pace could improve if the Clubman is warmly welcomed, but a hot-selling Clubman may intrude into the 4-Door and Countryman's slice of the pie.
In 2008, Mini USA sold more than 54,000 vehicles when the brand's lineup was small: no Countryman, Paceman, Coupe, Roadster, or any 4-door product whatsoever. Mini is generating added sales now, compared with that period, but to do so, the brand was forced to introduce a bevy of new products.
During the first eight months of 2015, 43.5% of the Minis sold in America were four-door models, all in the form of the taller Countryman.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.
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The so-called Mini Cooper Hardtop 4-Door, the stretched version of Mini's third-generation hatchback, was released as an all-new model at the beginning of this year. 10,425 Mini Cooper 4-Doors have been sold so far. In many other markets, it's referred to as the 5-Door, and it's not to be confused with the upcoming Clubman.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
In the prior generation, the Clubman was a stretched version of the conventional Mini but did not have four traditional passenger doors. The Clubman version of BMW's third Mini Cooper is essentially a Mini wagon. The 2016 Clubman goes on sale soon, priced from $24,950.
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| Mini Cooper 4-Door |
That pace could improve if the Clubman is warmly welcomed, but a hot-selling Clubman may intrude into the 4-Door and Countryman's slice of the pie.
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| Mini Countryman |
During the first eight months of 2015, 43.5% of the Minis sold in America were four-door models, all in the form of the taller Countryman.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.
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Mini says increased demand for new three and five-door Mini and foreordained plans are bringing production of the Coupe and Roadster to an end. Also, it turns out people didn’t want less practical versions of a car that already lacked a certain...
- Mini Usa Car Sales Charts - March 2014 Ytd
Mini USA's sales figures continue to be all but irrelevant in the lead-up to the launch of BMW's third hardtop Mini. Sales of the "original" Cooper Hardtop were down 75% to just 687 units in March 2014. Had that decline not occurred, Mini sales...
- Mini Usa Sales Charts - March 2013
Despite sliding Hardtop, Convertible, Clubman, and Coupe volume, Mini sales rose 3.5% in March 2013 thanks to the improved volume achieved by the brand's second-best-selling model and the introduction of another. Excluding the new Mini Paceman,...
- Mini Usa Sales Chart: January-september 2012
The Countryman had been creeping close throughout the summer, but September marked the month in which Americans registered more Countrymans than regular Cooper Hardtops. Combined, non-Countryman Minis - the Hardtop, Convertible, Clubman, Coupe,...
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With the addition of two more models, Mini USA sales are up 13.7% this year to 19,911 units through four months. April volume slid 11.1% as sales of the four cars which were available at this time last year slid, in some cases rather harshly. Mini Clubman...